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By Gabriela Baczynska and John Chalmers BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union ambassadors voiced outrage at a meeting this week over what they see as an attempt by Turkish President Tayyip … Read More

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday rejected the resignation of a senior official who had quit due to a departmental spat over a major … Read More

By William James LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s interior minister Priti Patel said she regretted the resignation of senior official Philip Rutnam and called on her department to pull together, an … Read More

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah believes that terms required by any IMF bailout package for Lebanon would spark “a popular revolution”, a senior official said on Tuesday, rejecting such a step … Read More

ROME (Reuters) – Italy is considering setting up a new quarantine red-zone near the northern city of Bergamo given the high number of coronavirus cases in the area, the head … Read More

By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led on Tuesday in Israel’s third national election in less than a year but was short of a governing majority, … Read More

TENERIFE, Spain (Reuters) – A British guest has been confirmed as the latest person to be diagnosed with coronavirus at a Tenerife hotel, which is under lockdown due to the … Read More

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Tim Reid DALLAS (Reuters) – It was a scene that was hard to imagine just one week ago. Joe Biden, 77, and until Sunday his rival … Read More

LOME (Reuters) – Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe has won re-election with 71% of the vote, final results from the constitutional court showed on Tuesday, extending his 15-year-old rule and a … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair the first meeting of his climate change committee on Wednesday to discuss priorities for the year, longer-term strategy and preparations … Read More