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TUNIS (Reuters) – Libya’s eastern-based military leader Khalifa Haftar said on Monday his Libyan National Army (LNA) was accepting a “popular mandate” to rule the country, apparently brushing aside the civilian authorities that nominally govern eastern Libya. FILE PHOTO: Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar meets Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (not pictured) at the Parliament in

CAPEL, England (Reuters) – The daily lockdown walk has been brightened by the addition of scarecrows dressed as key workers in a village in southern England, as the community pays tribute to doctors, nurses, shop assistants and waste collectors in its own quirky way. A man runs past a figure representing a key worker in

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia could experience a spike in cases of the new coronavirus if people flout lockdown measures during public holidays scheduled for early May, a top health official said on Sunday. FILE PHOTO: Medical specialists transport a person on a stretcher into an ambulance outside a hospital for patients infected with the coronavirus

A man wears a face mask and a protective face shield as he checks a woman’s temperature, to let her go inside the mall, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), after shopping malls and bazaars reopened in Tehran, Iran, April 20, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Ali Khara via REUTERS DUBAI (Reuters) –

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows Italian cruise ship Costa Atlantica, which has crew members confirmed with cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection, in Nagasaki, southern Japan April 23, 2020, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS TOKYO (Reuters) – Nearly 60 new cases of coronavirus infections were confirmed among crew

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leading Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday asked the United Nations to conduct an independent review of the World Health Organization response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying the body appeared to have shown “remarkable deference” to China. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Jim Risch (R-ID) talks to the

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The electric lanterns and ornate decorations of Ramadan would normally be hanging in the streets of Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem by now, but not this year amid coronavirus restrictions and growing economic woes. A Palestinian worker sprays water outside shops decorated ahead of the holy fasting month, amid concerns

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s government apologised for causing confusion over new lockdown rules for children on Thursday, while a scientific study suggested the new coronavirus may have been circulating among the population longer than previously thought. FILE PHOTO: A volunteer firefighter disinfects a Madrid’s Emergency Service (SUMMA) ambulance after transfering a patient suffering from coronavirus

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered a temporary block on some foreigners from permanent residence in the United States, saying he wanted to protect American workers and jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 21,

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Labour Party leader Keir Starmer leaves his home, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON (Reuters) – British ministers must be held accountable for the mistakes they have made in fighting the coronavirus outbreak, but the priority must be for them to fix pressing

Two individuals observe the flowers of a memorial at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Headquarters, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada April 20, 2020. REUTERS/John Morris (Reuters) – Canadian police were yet to determine a motive for the country’s worst mass shooting, as the death toll from the 13-hour carnage over the weekend climbed to

FILE PHOTO: People talk through two fences set up by Swiss and German authorities on the German-Swiss border as a protection measure due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland April 5, 2020. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 1,187, the

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s health authority called for a stronger and more rigorous testing regime to ensure that the new coronavirus does not escape detection, whether in travellers arriving from abroad or from other parts of the country. FILE PHOTO: A staff member sprays disinfectant inside the Beijing South Railway Station in Beijing, following an

ALGIERS/CAIRO/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Days before the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins, the Islamic world is grappling with an untimely paradox of the new coronavirus pandemic: enforced separation at a time when socialising is almost sacred. FILE PHOTO: A municipality worker in a protective suit disinfects Kilic Ali Pasha Mosque due to coronavirus concerns in

ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis called on Sunday for an all-embracing vision of the world after the Covid-19 crisis, saying moving on without global solidarity or excluding sectors of society from the recovery would result in “an even worse virus”. Pope Francis leads Mass and the Regina Coeli prayer in Rome’s Santo Spirito in Sassia

FILE PHOTO: The CEO of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), Paul Deighton, speaks during an interview at an unveiling ceremony for Olympic Rings in the Terminal Five arrivals hall at Heathrow Airport, in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic Games in London June 20, 2012. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor LONDON (Reuters)