ROME (Reuters) – Italy is closing down discos and clubs and making it mandatory to wear a mask at night wearing a mask at night in the first re-position of restrictions if cases of coronavirus are picked up across the country, especially among younger people. PHILO PHOTO: Italian Public Health …
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WASHINGTON / OTTAWA (Reuters) – The United States will extend to a 30-day ban on non-essential travel at land borders with Canada and Mexico as several states struggle to contain a coronavirus outbreak, a top U.S. official confirmed amtner freed. FILE PHOTO: A Canadian maple leaf can be seen on …
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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, …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese bulk carrier cut off a coral reef off the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius on July 25, spilled some 1,000 tons of steel oil and declared a state of “environmental distress”. A general view shows the bulk carrier MV Wakashio, which ran on a reef, …
Read More »Israel and the United Arab Emirates reach historic deal to normalize relations, with Trump’s help
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a historic deal on Thursday that will lead to a complete normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern countries in an agreement that helped US President Donald Trump broker. First White House adviser Jared Kushner listens as US …
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