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Norway extends ban on flights from Britain by at least three days
OSLO (Reuters) - The ban on flights from Britain to Norway will be extended by at least three more days due to ongoing concerns over a mutated strain of coronavirus, the Norwegian health ministry said...
Dec 23, 2020
Cow infected with bovine respiratory disease identified in eastern Switzerland
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss authorities have identified a cow with the infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR), a respiratory disease, in the eastern canton of Grisons, local officials said on Wednesday....
Dec 23, 2020
Russia expels two Colombian diplomats in tit-for-tat move - ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday declared two Colombian diplomats personae non gratae in a tit-for-tat move after the expulsion of two Russians diplomats from the South Americ...
Dec 23, 2020
Nepal's top court starts hearing challenge to PM Oli's dissolution of parliament
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's Supreme Court on Wednesday started hearing petitions challenging Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's sudden dissolution of parliament and call for fresh elec...
Dec 23, 2020
Lawmakers pass bill to restrict websites that 'discriminate' against Russian media
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's lower house of parliament voted on Wednesday to pass legislation allowing authorities to block or restrict websites like YouTube if they "discriminate" against Russian medi...
Dec 23, 2020
Hong Kong court grants tycoon Jimmy Lai bail in national security, fraud case
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court granted HK$10 million ($1.3 million) bail on Wednesday to media tycoon Jimmy Lai, the highest profile pro-democracy activist charged under the city's new nation...
Dec 23, 2020
European shares rise on Brexit trade deal hopes
(Reuters) - European shares rose on Wednesday as a report that a Brexit trade deal could be struck later in the day cheered investors amid concerns over the passage of a much-awaited U.S. pandemic aid...
Dec 23, 2020
Police detain Ugandan human rights lawyer ahead of vote
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Police said they had detained a prominent Ugandan human rights lawyer and government critic over money laundering allegations, in what his organisation said wa...
Dec 23, 2020
COVID-19 is not under control in France, says Paris hospital official
PARIS (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is not under control in France and a new lockdown must remain an option, Karine Lacombe, the head of the infectious diseases unit at Paris' Saint-Antoine hos...
Dec 23, 2020
Russia reports 27,250 new coronavirus cases
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday reported 27,250 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 5,652 in Moscow, pushing the national tally to 2,933,753. Authorities said 549 people had d...
Dec 23, 2020
