MOSCOW (Reuters) – At least 10,000 people marched in the eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk on Saturday, demanding the release of a popular regional governor arrested last week on suspicion of murder, in a second week of protests. People participate in a demonstration in support of the arrested regional governor …
Read More »Go to the beach in Paris? Why not take the COVID-19 test?
PARIS (Reuters) – Parisians on their way to the opening of Paris Plages, the annual transformation of sections of the Seine River into man-made beaches, came across a new attraction on Saturday: the COVID-19 test centers. A number of indicators across the country, including the French capital, have suggested that …
Read More »Floods in India, Nepal displace nearly four million people, at least 189 dead
GUWAHATI, India / KATHMANDU, Nepal (Reuters) – Nearly four million people in the northeastern state of Assam and neighboring Nepal have been displaced by heavy floods from the monsoon rains, and dozens disappeared when deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said Sunday. . FILE PHOTO: Girls rowed a …
Read More »US coronavirus deaths exceed 140,000 as outbreak worsens
FILE PHOTO: A medical worker walks past a row of ambulances parked outside Houston Methodist Hospital as storm clouds gather over the Texas Medical Center, amid the global outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) . in Houston, Texas, USA, June 22, 2020. REUTERS / Callaghan O’Hare (Reuters) – Deaths in the …
Read More »EU extends summit until Sunday after deadlock over COVID recovery plan
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders failed to agree on a massive stimulus fund to revive their coronavirus-affected economies on Saturday after two days of tense negotiations, but extended their summit for another day to try to overcome their differences. When the 27 leaders returned to their hotels after a …
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