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Bangladesh factory owner arrested over fire that killed 52 workers
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - The owner of a food-processing factory in Bangladesh was arrested for murder on Saturday over a fire that killed 52 people who were trapped inside the building, police s...
Jul 10, 2021
Spanish foreign minister goes, economy minister stays in cabinet reshuffle
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez appointed a new foreign minister but retained his economy minister in a cabinet reshuffle on Saturday. Jose Manuel Albares was named foreign min...
Jul 10, 2021
Cannes film about a hospital on the edge takes aim at Macron’s France
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Set in a hospital where overworked medics are grappling with an influx of injured demonstrators, darkly comic French movie "The Divide" presents a snapshot of social tension...
Jul 10, 2021
In Cannes, ‘Basic Instinct’ filmmaker decries puritanism about sex
CANNES, France (Reuters) - "Basic Instinct" director Paul Verhoeven, fresh from presenting sexually-charged church satire "Benedetta" in Cannes, said on Saturday he was stunned by what he called incre...
Jul 10, 2021
South African police arrest 27 over protests linked to Zuma jailing
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police said on Saturday that 27 people had been arrested over violent protests linked to former president Jacob Zuma's imprisonment. Protests raged this week in ...
Jul 10, 2021
G20 signs off on tax crackdown, warns on virus variants
By David Lawder and Leigh Thomas VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - Finance chiefs of the G20 large economies endorsed a landmark move to stop multinationals shifting profits to low-tax havens at talks on Satu...
Jul 10, 2021
Pope gradually resuming work, walking, eating with aides, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis is continuing a normal recovery from intestinal surgery, gradually resuming work, walking and eating with aides, the Vatican said on Saturday, adding his blood tes...
Jul 10, 2021
Texas lawmakers to consider sweeping voting restrictions
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - Texas lawmakers will consider new voting restrictions on Saturday as part of a special legislative session called by Republican Governor Greg Abbott after Democrats blocked ...
Jul 10, 2021
At least 8 killed in Mogadishu in suicide bombing targeting government convoy
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb targeting a government convoy exploded at a busy junction in Somalia's capital on Saturday, killing at least eight people, an eyewitness told Reuters. The conv...
Jul 10, 2021
Fukushima, in reversal, bars spectators from Olympic events
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fukushima prefecture will bar spectators from the Olympic events it hosts this summer due to rising COVID-19 infections, its governor said on Saturday, reversing a position a...
Jul 10, 2021
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