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By Catarina Demony and Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal on Thursday extended to a wider area of the country...

Brazil’s Bolsonaro, stabbed in 2018, may need emergency surgery

By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred to a Sao Paulo hospital on Wednesday to undergo...

In boost for Bolsonaro, most Brazilians say pandemic is under control, poll shows

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - For the first time, a clear majority of Brazilians think the country's coronavirus pandemic is no...

Most Colombians in Haiti went as bodyguards, others knew of assassination plan: Duque

By Carlos Vargas BOGOTA (Reuters) - Many of the Colombian ex-soldiers accused of involvement in the assassination of Haiti's president...

Analysis: Jordan’s king reasserts rule after crisis but economic strains linger

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - King Abdullah has moved swiftly to shore up his grip on Jordan in the...

Hundreds of Tigrayans detained in Ethiopian capital in recent weeks, witnesses say

By Dawit Endeshaw and Maggie Fick ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopian police have detained hundreds of ethnic Tigrayans in Addis...

UnitedHealth says needs more information to decide on coverage policy for Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug – CEO

NEW YORK (Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group Inc said on Thursday that it is still developing its coverage policy for Biogen...

WHO’s Tedros to set out follow-up study into COVID-19 origins – director Ryan

GENEVA (Reuters) - WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus will share proposals for a phase 2 study into the origins of...

EU companies can ban headscarves under certain conditions, court says

By Sabine Siebold and Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Companies in the European Union can ban employees from wearing a headscarf...

Greece offers Lithuania support over sharp rise in migrant numbers

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has offered to share its experiences on migrant issues with Lithuania as it handles a sharp...

Germany calls on China to allow further investigations into COVID origins

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn called on China to make it possible for investigations into the origins...

Pakistan says traces of explosives detected in bus blast probe

By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam and Yew Lun Tian ISLAMABAD/BEIJING (Reuters) -Pakistan said on Thursday traces of explosives had been detected...

For one Lebanese taxi driver, life is as bitter as his Arabic coffee

By Issam Abdallah BEIRUT (Reuters) - Zakaria Ghalayeeni has driven a taxi around Beirut since he was 18-years-old and at...

Italy has not yet approved extradition for Venezuela’s ex-oil minister-lawyer

ROME (Reuters) - Italy has not yet approved a Venezuelan request for the extradition of former oil minister Rafael Ramirez,...

Reassuring his party, UK’s Johnson says ‘levelling up’ is a “win-win”

By Alistair Smout and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday pledged investment to tackle inequality...

EU court rules Polish judicial reform illegal in worsening standoff

By Gabriela Baczynska and Pawel Florkiewicz BRUSSELS/WARSAW (Reuters) -The European Union's top court ruled on Thursday that Poland's system for...

Factbox – Countries weigh ‘mix and match’ COVID-19 vaccines

(Adds WHO, EMA comments) (Reuters) - A growing number of countries are looking at switching to different COVID-19 vaccines for...

Grappling with ‘worst-case scenario’, Indonesia faces more COVID-19 pain

By Gayatri Suroyo and Stanley Widianto (Reuters) - Indonesia is now fighting a "worst-case scenario" epidemic, a senior minister said...

Iraqi cleric Sadr says he won’t take part in October election