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U.N. says Mali army chief left village unprotected before massacre
DAKAR (Reuters) - The former head of Mali's armed forces left the village of Ogossagou unprotected earlier this year despite numerous warnings of an imminent massacre in which 35 people died, accordin...
Aug 14, 2020
France reports yet another new post-lockdown peak in daily COVID-19 cases
PARIS (Reuters) - The French health ministry reported 2,846 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours on Friday, setting a new post-lockdown daily high for the third day in a row and taking th...
Aug 14, 2020
Greek foreign minister hopes to avoid conflict in eastern Mediterranean
VIENNA (Reuters) - Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday he hoped that all parties involved in a dispute in the eastern Mediterranean Sea will act according to international law and that...
Aug 14, 2020
U.S. says it seized four Iranian fuel shipments en route to Venezuela
By Humeyra Pamuk and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday said it has seized four Iranian fuel shipments en route to Venezuela and confiscated the cargoes, disrupting a ke...
Aug 14, 2020
Businessman accused of Malta journalist’s murder on hunger strike
VALLETTA (Reuters) - A businessman suspected of masterminding the murder of Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has gone on hunger strike, complaining about overcrowding in the p...
Aug 14, 2020
Canada says ‘reasonable worst case scenario’ of coronavirus would swamp healthcare system
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is planning for a "reasonable worst case scenario" in which new waves of the coronavirus would intermittently swamp the public health system, officials said on Friday. Under ...
Aug 14, 2020
Austria warns against travel to Croatia
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's foreign ministry on Friday joined Italy in warning against travel to Croatia, as concerns grow that vacationers could catch the coronavirus and spread it once they return....
Aug 14, 2020
French PM likens killing of French aid workers in Niger to 2015 Paris attacks
PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Jean Castex paid tribute on Friday to the six French aid workers who where killed by a group of gunmen on motorcycles in Niger, likening the attack to the 2015 ...
Aug 14, 2020
Factbox: Strait of Hormuz: the world’s most important oil artery
(Reuters) - The U.S. military on Wednesday said Iranian forces briefly boarded a Liberian-flagged oil near the Strait of Hormuz, heightening tensions in the world's busiest oil waterway. Sources said ...
Aug 14, 2020
Bomb disposal experts help dispose of chemicals at UK nuclear site
LONDON (Reuters) - Bomb disposal experts have been called to the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant to help dispose of chemicals stored at the site that were discovered to have "changed state" duri...
Aug 14, 2020
