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U.N. Human Rights team probes spike in tension in Chile`s restive Araucania
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The Office of the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights confirmed on Saturday that it had sent a fact-finding team to Chile's restive Araucania region where a jailed ...
Aug 15, 2020
Number of migrants landing in Italy more than doubles in past year
ROME (Reuters) - The number of migrants landing on Italy's shores has more than doubled in the last year as an economic crisis in Tunisia fuels migration in boats across the Mediterranean, Interior Mi...
Aug 15, 2020
Erdogan says Turkey ‘will not back down’ in East Med standoff
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey will not back down to threats of sanctions nor to incursions on its claimed territory in the Mediterranean Sea, where it is in a s...
Aug 15, 2020
Irish tourism boss quits after holidaying abroad
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The chairman of Ireland's tourism authority, former Ryanair Chief Operating Officer Michael Cawley, resigned on Saturday after going on holiday to Italy, contrary to government advi...
Aug 15, 2020
Nearly half of Brazilians say Bolsonaro not to blame for coronavirus death toll, poll says
By Marcelo Rochabrun SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Almost half of Brazilians think President Jair Bolsonaro bears "no responsibility at all" for the country's more than 100,000 dead from the coronavirus pande...
Aug 15, 2020
Four people die in accident near coal mine of Russia’s Severstal
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Four workers died when a building they were demolishing near a coal mine of Russian steel producer Severstal collapsed on Saturday, the company said in a statement. The people worke...
Aug 15, 2020
German health minister warns against ‘party holidays’
BERLIN/PALMA DE MALLORCA (Reuters) - The German health minister said on Saturday party holidays were irresponsible as he defended a decision to declare nearly all of Spain, including the tourist islan...
Aug 15, 2020
Pope calls for dialogue between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over Nile dam
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis called for dialogue between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on Saturday, urging them not to let a dispute over a dam on the Nile lead to conflict. The Grand Ethiopian R...
Aug 15, 2020
Indian and Nepali prime ministers speak for first time since land dispute
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepali counterpart K. P. Sharma Oli spoke on Saturday for the first time since a diplomatic spat over a map and a disputed area of territ...
Aug 15, 2020
Taiwan’s China-friendly opposition routed in mayoral by-election
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT), which traditionally favours close ties with China, was routed in a key mayoral by-election on Saturday, a vote ...
Aug 15, 2020
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