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Nigerian general dismisses bloody Lagos protest videos as fake
By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) - A judicial panel investigating claims that Nigerian soldiers shot dead peaceful protesters in Lagos viewed videos on Saturday appearing to show people hurt or sa...
Nov 21, 2020
Report: Raptors sign VanVleet to four-year, $85 million deal
The Toronto Raptors re-signed guard Fred VanVleet to a four-year, $85 million deal on Saturday, according to a report from The Athletic. The deal, which includes a player option in the final year, rep...
Nov 21, 2020
G20 leaders pledge to fund fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines: draft statement
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies on Sunday will pledge to pay for a fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, drugs and tests around the world so that ...
Nov 21, 2020
Three Swiss team members test positive for COVID-19
ZURICH (Reuters) - Three Swiss national team skiers have tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Friday's Alpine Ski World Cup parallel giant slalom competition in Lech, Austria, the team said in a...
Nov 21, 2020
UK’s Sunak says he’s seeing genuine progress in Brexit talks
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said there was genuine progress taking place in the Brexit talks and he was hopeful the two sides would agree a deal, he told the Sunday Times n...
Nov 21, 2020
France reports 17,881 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus infections in France rose by 17,881 on Saturday, lower than the 22,882 reported on Friday. The health ministry also reported 276 new deaths from the vir...
Nov 21, 2020
Lebanon’s president pledges to revive forensic audit of central bank
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that a forensic audit of the central bank was vital to combat corruption, and that he would get it back on track after the consultanc...
Nov 21, 2020
Mexican president urges G20 to avoid debt, bailouts in pandemic
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Saturday urged fellow leaders from the 20 biggest world economies (G20) to steer clear of debt and bailouts in the efforts to h...
Nov 21, 2020
I’m not part of a ‘Fab Four’ says modest Thiem
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Dominic Thiem says he is not yet part of a "Fab Four" at the top of men's tennis despite becoming only the second player to record five career wins against Roger Fe...
Nov 21, 2020
Portugal to ban domestic travel, close schools around national holidays
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal is to ban domestic travel and close schools around two upcoming holidays in a bid to reduce the spread of coronavirus ahead of Christmas, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said ...
Nov 21, 2020
