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Kuwaiti emir’s health continues to improve: cabinet tweet quotes PM
CAIRO (Reuters) - Kuwait's prime minister told the cabinet on Monday the health of the 91-year old emir was continuing to improve, according to a cabinet tweet. Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah is ...
Aug 17, 2020
The bookish Thai rights lawyer who challenged the king
By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) - The deafening cheer for Anon Nampa at Thailand's biggest demonstration in years underlined the bookish human rights lawyer's emergence at the forefront of a yout...
Aug 17, 2020
Philippines promises ‘refreshed’ coronavirus approach as capital exits strict lockdown
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday eased the strict coronavirus lockdown in and around the capital Manila as his government promised a "refreshed" approach to fighting C...
Aug 17, 2020
U.S. concerned over neo-Nazi groups after Hungarian rainbow flags torn down
By Krisztina Fenyo and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy in Budapest warned on Monday that neo-Nazi groups should not be tolerated after two rainbow flags were torn down from munici...
Aug 17, 2020
Sudan security forces fire tear gas at protesters on anniversary of power-sharing deal
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters who gathered on Monday, some burning car tyres, to mark the anniversary of a transitional power-sharing...
Aug 17, 2020
Brazilian indigenous tribe blocks key grains export route BR-163: witness
NOVO PROGRESSO, Brazil (Reuters) - Members of the Kayap tribe blocked a key grains transport route in center-west Brazil, a Reuters witness saw on Monday, protesting a perceived lack of protection fro...
Aug 17, 2020
Amazon blazes burn forest, farmland and threaten homes
PORTO VELHO, Brazil (Reuters) - Residents and firefighters in northwestern Brazil are battling fires that are raging in the Amazon, destroying farmland and threatening their homes. The blazes, that oc...
Aug 17, 2020
Gaza rapper, 11, strikes chord with rhymes about war and hardship
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza rapper Abdel-Rahman Al-Shantti may only be 11 years old but his rhymes on war and hardship in the Palestinian enclave have reached thousands of people, conve...
Aug 17, 2020
Pandemic starts to surge in conflict-hit Libya
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - As coronavirus cases surge in Libya, medics and officials working with a health system wrecked by years of division and war are warning that the pandemic could be s...
Aug 17, 2020
Mexican president volunteers to try Russian coronavirus vaccine
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would volunteer to be among the first to try a Russian vaccine for the novel coronavirus if it proved effective....
Aug 17, 2020
