Hundreds protest against rise in homophobic attacks in Madrid
MADRID (Reuters) - Hundreds of people gathered in central Madrid on Saturday to call for better protection for LGBT rights ...
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Thousands protest new Turkish vaccine and test rules
By Dilara Senkaya ISTANBUL (Reuters) - More than 2,000 Turks demonstrated in Istanbul on Saturday against official coronavirus-related mandates including ...
Pope Francis arrives in Hungary for lightning visit
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Pope Francis arrived in Hungary early on Sunday, starting an unusually short stay that will underline differences https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/brief-pope-stop-hungary-underlines-differences-with-pm-orban-2021-09-09 ...
Drag queens and refugee stories: touring the ‘real’ Hong Kong
(Corrects to clarify asylum seekers were apprehensive about persecution in their home country, not Hong Kong, in paragraphs 10-11) By ...
Japan’s vaccines minister Kono leads opinion poll on succeeding Suga
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's minister in charge of vaccines, Taro Kono, led a public opinion poll on who should succeed ...
Australia buys additional 1 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) -Australia has purchased an additional 1 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine from the European ...
Twenty years after 9/11, one of the last U.S. Marines killed in Afghanistan comes home
By Tim McLaughlin LAWRENCE, Mass. (Reuters) - U.S. Marine Sergeant Johanny Rosario returned to her hometown in Massachusetts in a casket ...
Abimael Guzman, founder of Peruvian rebel group Shining Path, dies at 86
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - Abimael Guzman, leader of the Shining Path rebels who nearly toppled the Peruvian state ...
Tunisia’s President Saied indicates he will amend constitution
By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Saturday indicated he was preparing to change ...
Azur Air flight from Turkey makes emergency landing at Russian airport
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A plane flying from the Turkish resort of Antalya to Vladivostok in Russia's far east made a safe ...
Israel catches two more escaped Palestinian militants, police say
By Rami Ayyub NAZARETH, Israel (Reuters) -Israeli forces on Saturday captured two more of the six Palestinian militants who escaped ...
Afghanistan remittance payouts limited to local currency – sources
By Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) - Afghanistan's central bank has ordered banks to pay out remittances in local currency only, ...
Serbian protesters demand more action to stop industrial pollution
BELGRADE (Reuters) - About 2,000 protesters marched through Belgrade on Saturday to urge Serbia's government to do more to prevent ...
Iran invites IAEA chief for talks before showdown with West
By Francois Murphy, Parisa Hafezi and John Irish VIENNA (Reuters) -U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will fly to Tehran ...
Obama, Queen Elizabeth, U.S. senators remember 9/11
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former presidents, world leaders and U.S. lawmakers reflect on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on ...
Queen Elizabeth says prayers for victims and survivors of 9/11
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth said on Saturday that her prayers remained with victims and survivors of the Sept. ...
Germany’s Merkel seeks to calm Poland’s Nord Stream 2 fears
By Alicja Ptak and Madeline Chambers WARSAW (Reuters) -German Chancellor Angela Merkel tried to soothe fears over the Nord Stream ...
U.S. reassures allies over Nord Stream 2 but says it’s a ‘reality’
(Makes clear reference in para 10 is to Ukraine) By Matthias Williams KYIV (Reuters) -A senior U.S. envoy said on ...
Key Tunisian players signal they oppose suspending constitution
TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia's powerful labour union and the biggest party in its parliament on Saturday both signalled their opposition to ...
China, Vietnam should avoid magnifying S. China Sea disputes – China’s Wang Yi
HANOI/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China and Vietnam should refrain from unilateral actions regarding the South China Sea that could complicate the situation ...