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Watchdog blames Syria for chemical weapons attacks
Middle East

Watchdog blames Syria for chemical weapons attacks

Global chemical weapons watchdog the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Wednesday for the first time explicitly…
FIFA bribe allegations raise more questions over Qatar World Cup
Middle East

FIFA bribe allegations raise more questions over Qatar World Cup

(Reuters) – The 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the only major scheduled football event left unchanged after this year’s calendar…
Oil edges down after Saudi Arabia, Russia delay meeting
Middle East

Oil edges down after Saudi Arabia, Russia delay meeting

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday, after Saudi Arabia and Russia delayed a meeting to discuss output cuts…
Trump, Putin discuss oil price plunge, coronavirus
World

Trump, Putin discuss oil price plunge, coronavirus

President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed plunging oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic Monday, as Trump…
Global lockdown tightens as virus deaths mount
World

Global lockdown tightens as virus deaths mount

Lockdowns aimed at halting the march of the coronavirus pandemic have extended worldwide as the global death toll mounts and…
Moscow under lockdown as global virus cases top 700,000
World

Moscow under lockdown as global virus cases top 700,000

Russia’s capital became the latest world city to impose a coronavirus lockdown on Monday as declared cases globally topped 700,000…
Trump ditches hopes of quick virus bounce-back for US
World

Trump ditches hopes of quick virus bounce-back for US

President Donald Trump has extended emergency coronavirus restrictions for the United States, where his top scientist warned up to 200,000…
Virus infections near 500,000 as health systems buckle
World

Virus infections near 500,000 as health systems buckle

MADRID (AP) — The number of coronavirus infections was set to top a half-million worldwide on Thursday as both Italy…
For Moscow’s quarantined, 100,000 cameras are watching
World

For Moscow’s quarantined, 100,000 cameras are watching

A vast and contentious network of facial recognition cameras keeping watch over Moscow is now playing a key role in…
Virus-hit Gulf has little room to boost revenue after oil price shock
Business

Virus-hit Gulf has little room to boost revenue after oil price shock

DUBAI (Reuters) — The coronavirus outbreak and plunging crude prices are a double blow that leaves Gulf Arab governments with…
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