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UK foreign minister’s bodyguard suspended after gun left on plane
LONDON (Reuters) - London's police force said on Saturday it had suspended an officer tasked with guarding British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab, following a newspaper report that the officer had left...
Sep 19, 2020
Amid mourning for Ginsburg, fierce battle over U.S. Supreme Court looms
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fierce political battle was shaping up on Saturday over the selection of a successor to trailblazing liberal U.S. Supreme Curt Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ...
Sep 19, 2020
Iran’s coronavirus death toll climbs above 24,000 – health official
(Reuters) - Iran's coronavirus death toll has risen by 166 to 24,118, a health ministry spokeswoman told state TV on Saturday. The total number of identified cases spiked by 2,845 in the last 24 hours...
Sep 19, 2020
Hungary extends loan moratorium for some borrowers until mid 2021 – Orban
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has decided to extend a moratorium on loan repayments for targeted groups of households and also for some companies until the middle of 2021, Prime Minister Viktor Orban s...
Sep 19, 2020
Kremlin critic Navalny seen walking in photo from hospital – Navalny’s Instagram
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny posted a picture on Instagram of himself walking down stairs and said that his path to recovery was "clear, although long". He said he s...
Sep 19, 2020
Lebanon’s army finds firework cache at devastated Beirut port
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's army said it had found 1.3 tonnes of fireworks during a search of Beirut port, which was devastated last month in a huge blast that was blamed on a large quantity of chemi...
Sep 19, 2020
Trump seeks to shore up military support in North Carolina campaign swing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump takes his re-election campaign to the political swing state of North Carolina on Saturday in an effort to boost his poll numbers against Democr...
Sep 19, 2020
LeBron James miffed by most valuable player voting totals
(Reuters) - Los Angles Lakers forward LeBron James said he was "pissed off" after receiving only 16 first-place votes for the NBA's most valuable player (MVP) award. Milwaukee Bucks power forward Gian...
Sep 19, 2020
India arrests nine al Qaeda militants planning ‘terrorist attacks’
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Saturday it has arrested nine al Qaeda militants who were planning attacks in several locations including the capital New Delh...
Sep 19, 2020
Hungary’s 2021 economic rebound hinges on COVID vaccine: finance minister
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's economy will struggle to grow next year if a coronavirus vaccine is not found, finance minister Mihaly Varga said in an interview published Saturday, a...
Sep 19, 2020
