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‘One of our own.’ Indians cheer Biden’s pick of Kamala Harris as White House running mate
By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI (Reuters) - On annual trips to India as a child, Kamala Harris would go for strolls on the humid beaches of Chennai with her maternal grandfather and his friends, listeni...
Aug 12, 2020
President says coronavirus losing force in Mexico, despite high cases
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic is losing force in Mexico, even as 6,686 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 926 ...
Aug 12, 2020
Iran says U.S. arms embargo push at U.N. will fail – TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. efforts to get the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Tehran would fail, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Wednesday, a day after U....
Aug 12, 2020
Mexico’s Lopez Obrador says two former presidents should testify about graft
By Anthony Esposito MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said two former presidents should have to testify about corruption after a former head of state ...
Aug 12, 2020
Belarus says police fired live rounds at protesters as EU weighs sanctions
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus said on Wednesday that police had fired live rounds at protesters in the city of Brest and arrested more than 1,000 people nationwide, intensifying a crac...
Aug 12, 2020
Sweden puts Austria, Liechtenstein on safe travel list
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden withdrew its recommendation to citizens not to take unnecessary trips to Austria and Liechtenstein on Wednesday, but kept in place warnings over travel to the United Kingd...
Aug 12, 2020
For the art collector with everything, the $1.5 million COVID mask
MOTZA, Israel (Reuters) - Art rather than ostentation is the rationale behind the world's most expensive coronavirus mask, say the Israeli jewellers who are crafting the $1.5 million object for an unn...
Aug 12, 2020
Norway to quarantine more travellers as COVID-19 rises
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway is reimposing quarantine on more travellers from foreign countries, the government said on Wednesday, and reiterated its advice that Norwegians should avoid travelling abroad a...
Aug 12, 2020
Outspoken ice cream maker Ben and Jerry’s turns fire on UK migration rhetoric
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government has become embroiled in an unlikely row with ice cream maker Ben and Jerry's over its approach to migrants arriving by boat from France, after the brand criti...
Aug 12, 2020
Turkey says it wants to resolve dispute with Greece through dialogue
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey wants to resolve a dispute with Greece over energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean through dialogue, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Wednesday, but added that A...
Aug 12, 2020
