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Limits on U.S., Mexico, Canada border crossings to stay until Sept. 21: Dept. of Homeland Security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, Canada and Mexico have agreed to extend travel limits on their shared border through Sept. 21 in a bid to contain the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Acting Secret...
Aug 14, 2020
Putin proposes seven-way online summit to avoid ‘confrontation’ over Iran: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday proposed holding a seven-way online summit of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council together with Germany and Iran, to o...
Aug 14, 2020
Germany declares Mallorca a risk region: Bild
(Reuters) - Germany's public health agency declared the Spanish tourist island of Mallorca a coronavirus risk region following a spike in cases there, Bild newspaper reported on Friday. Designations a...
Aug 14, 2020
Greece rolls out more restrictions to fight rising COVID infections
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece set a temporary 50-person limit on public gatherings on Friday and said restaurants and bars in Athens and other areas must close by midnight, as the country seeks to contain...
Aug 14, 2020
U.S., Canada set to extend ban on non-essential travel: sources
By David Shepardson and David Ljunggren WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) - The United States and Canada are set to approve another extension to a ban on non-essential travel as several major states struggl...
Aug 14, 2020
South Sudan death toll in disarmament fighting rises, UN sends peacekeepers
By Denis Dumo JUBA (Reuters) - The death toll in South Sudan's Warrap State has risen to 148 following fighting this past weekend during a disarmament exercise, a local government official said on Fri...
Aug 14, 2020
Thai king commutes death sentence for Myanmar men in British tourist murder case
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two migrant workers from Myanmar on death row in Thailand for the 2014 murder of two British backpackers had their sentences commuted to life in prison on Friday thanks to a royal ...
Aug 14, 2020
Keeps out rain and COVID-19, Seoul tries smart bus shelter to fight virus
By Minwoo Park SEOUL (Reuters) - Designed to combat summer heat, monsoon rain and the coronavirus, the smart bus shelter has arrived on the streets of the South Korean capital. The glass cube "Smart S...
Aug 14, 2020
Russia, Turkey halt patrols in Syria’s Idlib over militant attacks
MOSCOW/ANKARA (Reuters) - Russia and Turkey have suspended joint military patrols carried out along the M4 highway in Syria's northwestern region of Idlib over increasing militant attacks in the area,...
Aug 14, 2020
Son of Angola ex-leader sentenced to five years jail in $500 million graft case: report
LUANDA (Reuters) - An Angolan court sentenced the son of former Angola president Edouardo Dos Santos to five years jail over a $500 million corruption case, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported on...
Aug 14, 2020
