Pandemic not over, Johnson warns as England set for rule easing
By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will urge caution on Monday as he is expected to confirm plans to remove nearly all remaining COVID-19 restrictions in England
Pope asks world’s Christians to pray and fast for Afghanistan
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday called on the world's Christians to pray and carry out fasting to ask God to bring about peace and coexistence in Afghanistan.
In Germany’s election hashtag debate, activists win battle for ‘likes’
By David Latona (Reuters) - As the main contenders in the race to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany's next chancellor faced off in a televised debate on Sunday night, their political parties deployed
Iran’s nuclear negotiator says good progress made in nuclear talks
CAIRO (Reuters) - Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, said good progress had been made in nuclear talks with world powers in Vienna that could quickly pave the way for serious
It takes three to tango – Germany’s intricate coalition dance
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) -Whether the Social Democrats' Olaf Scholz or a conservative becomes the next German chancellor, they will probably need to bring into their coalition two smaller
Explainer-Why are Lebanon’s politicians fighting the Beirut port blast probe?
By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) - An investigation into last year's Beirut blast is set to resume after a court rejected the last of several lawsuits that had led the probe to be suspended for more
UK PM Johnson says has confidence in police and chief after murder
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said he had confidence in the police and London's Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick as fury grew over the murder of a
Russian cosmonauts give video tour of module that jolted space station
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian cosmonauts have given a video tour of the interior of a research module which briefly threw the International Space Station out of control on Thursday a few hours after
Algeria blames forest fires on arson, death toll rises to 42
By Hamid Ould Ahmed ALGIERS (Reuters) -Algeria’s government said on Tuesday arsonists were responsible for dozens of forest fires that have killed 42 people, including 25 soldiers deployed to help put
Two people killed after gas blast hits apartment building in Russia -Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two people were killed after a gas explosion struck a residential building in the Russian city of Noginsk, around 50 km (30 miles) east of Moscow, on Wednesday, the Interfax news