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Belgian foreign minister tests positive for coronavirus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's foreign minister Sophie Wilmes said on Saturday she had tested positive for COVID-19. "My Covid test result is positive. Contamination probably occurred within my family...
Oct 17, 2020
Lebanon's biggest Christian party says won't back Hariri for PM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's largest Christian political party said on Saturday it would not back the nomination of former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri to lead a government to tackle a deep economic ...
Oct 17, 2020
Daily coronavirus cases in the Netherlands hit a record 8,114
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands hit a new record for daily coronavirus cases, with more than 8,000 infections in the past 24 hours, data released on Saturday showed. The number of confirmed case...
Oct 17, 2020
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of coronavirus
(Reuters) - Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 400,000 for the first time late on Friday, a record one-day increase as much of Europe enacts new restrictions to curb the outbreak. A divided wo...
Oct 17, 2020
Russia receives renewed approval for COVID-19 vaccine trials in India: RDIF
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd have received renewed approval to conduct late-stage clinical trials in India of the Russian COVID-19 vacci...
Oct 17, 2020
Divided world is failing COVID-19 test, says frustrated U.N. chief
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - A divided world has failed to rise to the challenge of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday and warned concer...
Oct 17, 2020
British artist Banksy claims hula-hooping girl street art
NOTTINGHAM, England (Reuters) - The elusive British street artist Banksy confirmed on Saturday that a new artwork that appeared on a wall in Nottingham, central England, depicting a young girl using a...
Oct 17, 2020
Austria reports record daily COVID-19 infections, but still below 2,000
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria on Saturday reported 1,747 coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, a new record but well below a tally reported by a newspaper earlier in the day. The daily count has t...
Oct 17, 2020
Biden edges Trump in TV ratings for dueling town halls
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Vice President Joe Biden won a TV ratings battle with President Donald Trump as the two held competing town halls with voters just weeks ahead of the No...
Oct 17, 2020
COVID-19 case confirmed in pope's Vatican residence
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A man living in the same Vatican residence as Pope Francis has tested positive for COVID-19 and gone into isolation, the Vatican said on Saturday. The man, who was not identif...
Oct 17, 2020
