Former French minister under formal investigation over COVID policies
PARIS (Reuters) -Former French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn has been put under formal investigation over her handling of the COVID-19 ...
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Kuwait’s Sheikh Ahmad convicted of forgery in Geneva trial
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -A Swiss criminal court convicted Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, a power broker in international ...
Firefighters retreat as Spanish blaze rages on
By Jon Nazca and Mariano Valladolid ESTEPONA, Spain (Reuters) -Worsening weather conditions on Friday afternoon forced the retreat of firefighters ...
Olaf, now a tropical storm, brings heavy rains to Mexico’s Baja California Sur
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Olaf was downgraded to a tropical storm and was packing maximum sustained winds of near 70 mph ...
Russia blames U.S. tech giants for interference in election
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's foreign ministry said on Friday it had summoned U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan to meet Russian Deputy foreign ...
Palestinians protest in support of escaped prisoners
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A few hundred Palestinians held protests in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday in support ...
Venezuelan ex-spymaster to be held in Spanish jail pending transfer to U.S
MADRID/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former Venezuelan military intelligence chief Hugo Carvajal, who was arrested on Thursday in Madrid after hiding for ...
EU rejects reworking N. Ireland deal, urges calmer tone
By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) -The European Union rejected a British demand to renegotiate their deal governing the trading position ...
Poor countries say lack of vaccines may exclude them from climate talks
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - The world's poorest countries asked for more help on Friday to meet vaccination and ...
Merkel ally presses SPD’s Scholz over money laundering probe
BERLIN (Reuters) -The general secretary of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has pressed their rival Social Democrats' (SPD) chancellor candidate, ...
Russia and Belarus launch ‘hot phase’ of huge war games
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia and ex-Soviet ally Belarus on Friday launched the active "hot phase" of a three-month-long military exercise involving ...
Taliban have their work cut out to win hearts and minds in Kabul
(Reuters) - After 20 years of fighting, the Taliban have tried to present a conciliatory face to the world. Afghanistan's ...
Taliban response to Afghan protests increasingly violent, U.N. says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. rights office on Friday said that the Taliban response to peaceful marches in Afghanistan has ...
UK announces Cressida Dick to stay on as London police chief
LONDON (Reuters) -London police chief Cressida Dick, who has faced calls to quit over her force's handing of major investigations ...
Taiwan says strong typhoon may hit land this weekend
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Friday typhoon Chanthu could make landfall this weekend, bringing strong winds and pouring rain ...
Spanish minister, in Pakistan, expresses concern over women and human rights in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares on Friday expressed concern over human rights and the treatment of ...
Inflationary pressures force Lebanese to make tough choices
By Maha El Dahan and Alaa Kanaan BEIRUT (Reuters) - Ibrahim Jaber was laid off when the fast food restaurant ...
Singapore watching outbreak closely, holds off on restrictions
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is trying to live with COVID-19 and sees no need to tighten restrictions ...
Sri Lankan detainees tortured while in custody, rights group alleges
By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Political detainees in Sri Lanka are being tortured while in police ...
Jorge Sampaio, who showed extent of Portuguese presidential powers, dies at 81
LISBON (Reuters) - Former Portuguese president Jorge Sampaio, who made national history in 2005 with an extraordinary use of his ...