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Bottas fastest in final Italian GP practice
MONZA, Italy (Reuters) - Valtteri Bottas kept Mercedes on top of the timesheets in final practice for the Italian Grand Prix on Saturday, with Renault-powered rivals suddenly showing a turn of speed a...
Thomson Reuters Sep 05, 2020
Rescuers search Beirut rubble for third day, with nation transfixed
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rescue workers continued to dig through the rubble of a Beirut building for a third day on Saturday, still hoping to find someone alive more than a month after a massive port explos...
Thomson Reuters Sep 05, 2020
Frenchman with incurable disease to livestream his death
PARIS (Reuters) - A Frenchman suffering from a rare and incurable condition is livestreaming his death on social media as he refuses to take food, drink or medicine after President Emmanuel Macron tur...
Thomson Reuters Sep 05, 2020
Iran schools re-open despite concerns over spread of virus
(Reuters) - Schools in Iran re-opened to 15 million students on Saturday after a seven-month closure despite concerns over increased spread of the novel coronavirus in the country. "This year, we shou...
Thomson Reuters Sep 05, 2020
Slovakia reports record spike in coronavirus cases
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia on Saturday reported a spike of 226 cases of the new coronavirus, the biggest one-day rise in the central European country since the start of the pandemic. The jump comes a...
Thomson Reuters Sep 05, 2020
After criticism, Trump says Pentagon will not shut down Stars and Stripes
(Reuters) - After an outcry from U.S. lawmakers, President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration would not be shutting down the Stars and Stripes military newspaper as announced by the Pentag...
Thomson Reuters Sep 05, 2020
Hundreds of Thai students rally to demand school reform
By Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of high school students demonstrated in Bangkok on Saturday to demand reform of an education system they say is outdated in the latest of more than ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 05, 2020
Pope to travel outside Rome for first time since coronavirus pandemic
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis will next month visit the Italian town of Assisi, his first trip out of Rome since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country in February, and will sign a new encyc...
Thomson Reuters Sep 05, 2020
Epic Games asks court to prevent what it describes as Apple's "retaliation"
(Reuters) - Epic Games said late on Friday that it has asked a court to stop what it saw as Apple Inc's retaliation against the "Fortnite" creator after the iPhone maker terminated Epic Games' account...
Thomson Reuters Sep 05, 2020
Summer of protests ends with rallies for and against Trump across U.S.
(Reuters) - A summer of street marches will culminate over the Labor Day holiday weekend with some rallies backing U.S. President Donald Trump, while others continue protests against racial inequality...
Thomson Reuters Sep 05, 2020
