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Workers from state factories join mass protests against Belarus president
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Workers from state-run industrial plants joined tens of thousands of people on a fifth day of protests against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, despite ...
Aug 13, 2020
Portugal keeps Lisbon under stricter COVID curbs until end-August
LISBON (Reuters) - The Portuguese capital and its surrounds will remain under tougher anti-coronavirus restrictions than the rest of the country until at least the end of August, the government said o...
Aug 13, 2020
Protesters freed in Belarus speak of prison beatings
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters freed from a detention centre in the Belarusian capital Minsk spoke on Thursday of having suffered beatings, cramped conditions and sta...
Aug 13, 2020
Irish PM sees ‘landing zone’ for Brexit deal after meeting UK’s Johnson
BELFAST (Reuters) - Ireland's Prime Minister Michel Martin said on Thursday he believes there is a "landing zone" to reach a post-Brexit trade deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union. M...
Aug 13, 2020
India announces $500 million for Maldives project to counter China influence
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India announced a $500 million package to fund a project in the Maldives on Thursday to help it connect the capital Male to three nearby islands, stepping up N...
Aug 13, 2020
Coronavirus making it harder for Colombia’s indigenous Wayuu to survive, report finds
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Coronavirus is making it more difficult for indigenous Wayuu people in Colombia to survive and putting children at risk of malnutrition, advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said...
Aug 13, 2020
Senior Muslim Brotherhood figure dies in prison in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) - Essam el-Erian, a senior leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, died in prison in Cairo on Thursday after suffering a heart attack, prison sources, a lawyer and local media said. Eria...
Aug 13, 2020
Italian prime minister probed over COVID-19, prosecutors urge case be dropped
ROME (Reuters) - Prosecutors have investigated Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and six members of his government over how they handled the coronavirus crisis, but have recommended the case be dr...
Aug 13, 2020
String of smaller blasts preceded massive Beirut explosion: Israeli seismologist
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Beirut port explosion was preceded by a series of blasts, the last of which was a combustion of fireworks that apparently set off a warehouse full of ammonium...
Aug 13, 2020
COVID creates conflict over English school leavers’ results
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - England's exam authority awarded lower grades than teachers had predicted to almost 40% of pupils studying for their main school-leaving exams, results showed on T...
Aug 13, 2020
