MINSK / BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders holding a state of emergency were expected to face sanctions on Belarusian officials on Wednesday, but signaled a reluctance to take steps that could be seen as a bid to drive the country out of the Moscow lane. Belarussian opposition politician Sviatlana …
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MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus’s presidential challenger Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Wednesday accused European Union leaders of not recognizing what she called fraudulent election results, saying longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko had lost all legitimacy. Belarussian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya speaks in a video message at an unknown location in Lithuania, in this …
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GENEVA / MANILA (Reuters) – Nations that may preserve COVID-19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic, Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, issuing a final closes call for countries to participate in a global vaccine pact. The WHO has an August …
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MINSK (Reuters) – The rising political opposition in Belarus on Tuesday set up a council in the country, dismissing a move by President Alexander Lukashenko in an attempt to seize power 10 days after an election that postponed mass demonstrations. Many of Belarus’s main opposition figures are in prison as …
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MINSK (Reuters) – The rising political opposition in Belarus on Tuesday set up a council in the country, dismissing a move by President Alexander Lukashenko in an attempt to seize power 10 days after an election that postponed mass demonstrations. Many of Belarus’s main opposition figures are in prison as …
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