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Brazilians flock to beach as WHO says country undercounting coronavirus surge
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Emma Farge RIO DE JANEIRO/GENEVA (Reuters) - Brazil reached more than a million confirmed coronavirus cases and 50,000 deaths over the weekend as throngs of people swarmed Ri...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2020
Britain rescues its 'soft-power' branch after heavy COVID blow
By Luke Baker LONDON (Reuters) - The UK Treasury has stepped in to rescue the British Council from the brink of insolvency amid coronavirus woes, but it probably needs a longer-term solution, the chie...
Syndicated Content Jun 26, 2020
U.S. Senate committee approves anti-child porn bill after addressing Google, Facebook encryption concerns
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to approve a bill aimed at ending the spread of online child sexual abuse material after attempting to address c...
Syndicated Content Jul 02, 2020
French court sentences homegrown militant to 30 years in prison for crimes in Syria
By Tangi Salan PARIS (Reuters) - A Frenchman who converted to Islam and went abroad to fight for Islamic State was sentenced by a Paris court on Friday to 30 years in prison in France's first successf...
Syndicated Content Jul 03, 2020
Gibbon and Tacey win opening stage of virtual Tour de France
LONDON (Reuters) - The Tour de France peloton should have rolled in to Loudenville in the south west of the country on Saturday, instead a virtual version began with riders tackling a 36km computer-ge...
Syndicated Content Jul 04, 2020
Hong Kong court denies bail to first person charged under new law
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court denied bail on Monday to the first person charged with inciting separatism and terrorism under the city's new national security law after he carried a sign sayi...
Syndicated Content Jul 06, 2020
Malaysian court hears contempt case against news portal amid media crackdown
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian court heard on Monday a contempt case brought by the government against independent news portal Malaysiakini and its editor-in-chief over readers...
Syndicated Content Jul 13, 2020
Oil prices drop on demand recovery fears amid U.S. virus surge
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell around 2% in early trade on Tuesday on worries that new clampdowns on businesses to stem surging coronavirus cases in California and other U.S. sta...
Syndicated Content Jul 14, 2020
Movie gives Eric Garner's family the trial they never got
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Art is giving Eric Garner's family the trial the U.S. justice system never provided them. "American Trial: The Eric Garner Story" depicts the trial that...
Syndicated Content Jul 14, 2020
BoE's Tenreyro sees "incomplete V" shape for UK recovery
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England policymaker Silvana Tenreyro said Britain's economic recovery would probably take the shape of an "incomplete V" as consumers stay wary of the coronavirus,...
Syndicated Content Jul 15, 2020
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