FILE PHOTO: Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi speaks at an event hosted by Middle East Monitor in London, Britain, September 29, 2018. Middle East Monitor/Handout via REUTERS RIYADH (Reuters) – The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Friday that they have forgiven those who murdered their father, his son Salah wrote in a
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to build 2,000 new ventilators for coronavirus patients that even the government says hospitals are unlikely to need. A unit of Sanko Manufacturing Co.’s ‘Lotus SS-1200’ ventilator, is seen as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues at the factory in Saitama, north of
People walk on a street as the city allowed some businesses to reopen on Wednesday following a fall in daily deaths due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Guayaquil, Ecuador May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Vicente Gaibor del Pino QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s largest city allowed some businesses to reopen on Wednesday following a
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – The idea of testing the BCG vaccine in Africa against COVID-19 was bound to cause controversy, yet officials say efforts underway could, if successful, give the continent a cheap and easily deployable weapon against the virus. Researchers studying the BCG vaccine for tuberculosis test samples in a laboratory run by South
FILE PHOTO: Gravediggers carry the coffin of Avelino Fernandes Filho, 74, who passed away from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his funeral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s daily death toll from the new coronavirus jumped to a record 1,179 on Tuesday as President Jair
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Before she died in a Moscow hospital earlier this month, Liubov Kashaeva, 74, twice tested positive for the new coronavirus. Her death was not attributed to the virus, however. It was put down to the cancer she had been suffering from. Liubov Kashaeva wearing a protective mask sprays antiseptic while tending plants
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australians in the country’s most populated state began their first full week of loosened coronavirus lockdown measures on Monday, with officials urging commuters returning to offices to avoid catching peak hour trains and buses. Increased traffic is seen in the city centre following the easing of restrictions implemented to curb the spread
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Wearing a face mask, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro posed for photographs with children plucked out of a crowd of supporters on Sunday, disregarding public health advice aimed at containing one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters during a protest against the President of the Chamber of
ROME/MILAN (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte outlined a further loosening of movement restrictions on Saturday, including opening borders to travellers from Europe from next month to unwind one of the world’s most rigid coronavirus lockdowns. A man wearing a face mask walks past billboards of La Rinascente department store, which is due to
WARSAW (Reuters) – The Polish Catholic Church’s most senior archbishop notified the Vatican on Saturday of a Polish bishop accused of shielding priests known to have sexually abused children. FILE PHOTO: Archbishop Wojciech Polak speaks with media representatives after extraordinary sitting of Polish bishops, to discuss steps the Catholic Church in Poland should take to
FILE PHOTO: Pictures of the Rwandan Genocide victims donated by survivors are displayed at an exhibition at the Genocide Memorial in Gisozi in Kigali, Rwanda April 6, 2019.REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of funding militias that massacred about 800,000 people, was arrested on Saturday near Paris
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A deadly police raid in Rio de Janeiro on Friday morning drew crowds into the streets of a neighbourhood under quarantine, provoking criticism from residents and activists. Residents react after a police operation against drug gangs at the Alemao slums complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Ricardo
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s shadow puppet tradition goes back to the 7th century and has survived the collapse of empires, wars and Khmer Rouge reign of terror that left some 1.7 million people dead. In recent years, however, local interest in the art that was designated a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage in 2005 has
IKLA/AINAZI BORDER CROSSING POINT, Estonia/Latvia (Reuters) – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia opened their borders to each other at the stroke of midnight, creating the first “travel bubble” within the European Union in a bid to jump-start economies broken down by the coronavirus pandemic. Estonian police and border guard officers hold diplomas at border crossing point
BERGAMO, Italy (Reuters) – After months leading his city through one of Europe’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks, Giorgio Gori, mayor of the northern Italian town of Bergamo, says the worst of the health crisis may be past. The new challenge of rebuilding is just beginning. The mayor of Bergamo Giorgio Gori is seen in his office
WASHINGTON/MUMBAI, India (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s stalled plans to bring peace to Afghanistan have suffered a new setback with a decision by Kabul to resume offensive operations against the Taliban following two attacks on Tuesday that killed scores of Afghans. FILE PHOTO: An Afghan policeman keeps watch outside of a hospital which came