MADRID (Reuters) – Spain on Friday night ordered authorities to close and ban drinking on the streets in an effort to stop coronavirus resistance – measures that are causing anger and outrage in the hard-to-reach hairdressing sector. PHILO PHOTO: People pictured at a bar amid outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, …
Read More »GLOBAL MARKETS World equities are falling as data points to sluggish economic recovery
* Data from China lacks expectations * Travel shares plummet on UK quarantine movement * Treasury revenue remains high after 30-year auction * Graph: World FX Rates in 2020 tmsnrt.rs/2RBWI5E By Tom Arnold LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Global equities dipped on Friday as eurozone data did not bode well …
Read More »Irish fishermen rescue 2 paddleboarders missing 15 hours at sea
Patrick Oliver and his 18-year-old son, Morgan, found the pair near one of the Aran Islands, about 20 miles from where they were last seen. Nephews Ellen Glynn, 17, and Sara Feeney, 23, had been paddleboarding from Furbo Beach, near the town of Galway, around 9am on Wednesday night, After …
Read More »At least 50 Belarussians riot police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck.
The scene unfolded in front of several government buildings in the capital. Protesters also shouted, “Sveta – president”, referring to opposition politician Svetlana Tikhanovskaya who says she won the majority in Sunday’s highly contested presidential election. Authorities in Belarus say President Alexander Lukashenko has won 80.1 percent of the vote …
Read More »Belarus’s opposition leader calls for new protests as Lukashenko’s pressure grows
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has called for more protests and an election campaign, raising pressure on authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko as he faces the biggest challenge in his 26 years. In a video posted on YouTube of self-imposed exile in Lithuania, Tsikhanouskaya asked supporters to request …
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