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Nearly 6% of people in England may have had COVID-19, researchers say
LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly 6% of people in England were likely infected with COVID-19 during the peak of the pandemic, researchers studying the prevalence of infections said on Thursday, millions more ...
Aug 13, 2020
France sends two fighter jets, frigate to eastern Mediterranean amid tensions with Turkey
PARIS (Reuters) - France will send two Rafale fighter jets and the naval frigate 'Lafayette' to the eastern Mediterranean as part of plans to increase its military presence in the region, the armed fo...
Aug 13, 2020
Does this village in Niger hold a key to defeating African jihad?
By Edward McAllister AGADEZ, Niger (Reuters) - A dispute between Fulani herders and their nomadic Tuareg neighbours over stolen cattle and motorbikes threatened to turn violent in the village of Amata...
Aug 13, 2020
Germany: Optimistic we’ll have a vaccine in coming months and certainly next year
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Thursday told ZDF television that he expected there would be a COVID-19 vaccine in the coming months and definitely next year. "I'm optimistic t...
Aug 13, 2020
Pandemic behaviour: Why some people don’t play by the rules
By Kate Kelland and Megan Revell LONDON (Reuters) - Lockdowns and social distancing measures introduced around the world to try and curb the COVID-19 pandemic are reshaping lives, legislating activiti...
Aug 13, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: New Zealand tracking community cases New Zealand was scrambling to trace the source of its first coronavirus outbreak in more ...
Aug 13, 2020
Olympics: Stranded Japanese honeymooners end up as Cape Verde’s team ambassadors
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese couple Rikiya and Ayumi Kataoka had their honeymoon wrecked by the coronavirus pandemic, but their resourcefulness in enforced exile in Cape Verde has won th...
Aug 13, 2020
Israel halts fuel shipments to Gaza over fire balloon launches
TEL AVIV/GAZA (Reuters) - Israel on Thursday said it will stop shipments of fuel into Gaza in response to Palestinians in the enclave launching incendiary balloons that have torched tracts of farmland...
Aug 13, 2020
Turkey says operations against Kurdish militants in Iraq to continue, urges Baghdad to cooperate
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will continue its cross-border operations against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq if Baghdad continues to overlook the militants' presence in the region, the foreign minis...
Aug 13, 2020
Released tycoon Lai says Hong Kong needs patient, not radical, democracy campaign
By Yanni Chow HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai said on Thursday he was overwhelmed by the support he got after becoming the most high-profile person to be arrested under a new na...
Aug 13, 2020
