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GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization asked countries to be “as aggressive as possible” in fighting the newly named COVID-19 coronavirus on Tuesday. “If the world doesn’t want to … Read More

BAKU (Reuters) – Azeri police on Tuesday detained more than 20 opposition and independent candidates protesting against snap parliamentary election results that were also criticized by international observers. Protesters wrapped … Read More

LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s public prosecutor said on Tuesday it had ordered the seizure of Portuguese bank accounts belonging to Isabel dos Santos, who is a suspect in a fraud … Read More

By Tim McLaughlin DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (Reuters) – Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s shadow over the Democratic presidential race grew a bit longer on Tuesday after his surprise … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian presidents could be made senators for life when they leave office under a proposed reform, a senior lawmaker said on Tuesday, a status that would give … Read More

By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An emboldened President Donald Trump has set his sights on restructuring the more than $1 trillion U.S. trade relationship with the … Read More

STRASBOURG (Reuters) – The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, urged Israel on Tuesday not to annex the Jordan Valley, a large swathe of the occupied West Bank, warning of Palestinian … Read More

By Duncan Miriri and George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) – African leaders in Kenya for the state funeral of Daniel Arap Moi, the country’s longest ruling president who died last week … Read More

(Reuters) – Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime outlasted Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff to win 6-3 1-6 6-3 and advance to the last-16 of the Rotterdam Open on Tuesday. The 19-year-old Auger-Aliassime, who … Read More

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Tesla driver killed in a March 2018 crash in California while using the Autopilot driver-assistance system had reported that on prior trips, the … Read More