DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran shuts down a newspaper on Monday after quoting a former member of the national coronavirus task force and saying the country’s toll of the epidemic could be 20 times higher than official figures, state news agency IRNA reported. PHILO PHOTO: A girl walks into a bazaar …
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(Reuters) – Global coronavirus cases hit more than 20 million on Monday, according to a Reuters census, with the United States, Brazil and India accounting for more than half of all known infections. FILE PHOTO: A health care worker checks the temperature and pulse of a resident during a coronavirus …
Read More »Exclusive: Lebanon leaders warn of explosives at port in July – documents
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in the port of Beirut posed a security risk and could destroy the capital if it exploded, according to documents seen by Reuters and senior security sources. Debris will …
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The footage, about an hour long, comes from the body cameras of former officers Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, who were the first to respond to a store where Floyd was accused of passing on a fake $ 20 bill. About 36 seconds after talking to a store employee, …
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