PARIS (Reuters) – There is no need for France to impose border controls in reaction to a surge of COVID infections in China, the head of France’s health risks committee said on Thursday. China has recorded a sharp rise in cases since it relaxed strict measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus, prompting the …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s rightist government has approved measures to fine charities who rescue migrants at sea and impound their ships if they break a new, tougher set of rules – a move that one campaign group said could threaten lives. A cabinet decree approved late on Wednesday, seen by Reuters, said these ships should …
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ROME (Reuters) – Iran must stop executing and persecuting protesters and should open a dialogue with them, Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday after summoning the Iranian ambassador. Tajani said death sentences against people who take part in demonstrations or women who refuse to wear headscarves were a grossly disproportionate and unacceptable form …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Russian missiles struck Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv, the capital Kyiv and western Lviv on Thursday, causing a series of explosions, mayors said. Kharkiv’s Ihor Terekhov said officials were clarifying what had been hit and whether there were any casualties. Kyiv’s Vitali Klitschko warned of possible power cuts there and asked residents …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine reported a new wave of Russian missile strikes on Thursday morning as air-raid sirens blared across the country and officials said blasts were heard in several cities, including the capital Kyiv. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia was following an overnight assault by “kamikaze” drones by attacking the country “from different directions” …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday ratcheted up pressure on Southwest Airlines, saying thousands more canceled flights indicated a system failure at the low-cost carrier. “We are past the point where they could say this is a weather-driven issue,” Buttigieg said in an interview posted by ABC News on …
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By Jose Luis Gonzalez and Daina Beth Solomon CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) -Even before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday opted to keep in place a measure aimed at deterring border crossings, hundreds of migrants in northern Mexico were taking matters into their own hands to slip into the United States. The contentious pandemic-era measure …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday banned registered gun-owners from carrying firearms in the federal district until after the inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in reaction to recent episodes of political violence. Justice Alexandre de Moraes temporarily suspended licenses that permit hunters, marksmen and collectors to carry guns, firearms and …
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By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine on Wednesday called on Tehran to settle a dispute over accountability and reparations for the downing of an airliner by Iranian forces nearly 3 years ago through arbitration under the rules of the 1971 Montreal Convention. All four countries as well as Iran are …
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(This Dec. 27 story has been corrected in paragraph 5 to show the ship was part of a flotilla) ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan received the credentials of Israel’s new ambassador to Turkey on Tuesday, as the two countries normalise ties after four years of strain. Turkey and Israel began improving relations with …
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