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Lira collapse leaves Turks bewildered, opposition angry
By Ece Toksabay and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) - Anxious Turks struggled to keep up with a bewildering collapse in their currency and the main opposition party leader said the country was experie...
Nov 23, 2021
Alcohol and auto parts: Canada’s warehouses fill up as floods stop flow of goods
By Julie Gordon, Rod Nickel and Nichola Saminather OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's warehouses are filling up with everything from furniture to alcohol, after floods in British Columbia washed out critical...
Nov 23, 2021
Italy’s Draghi vetoes third Chinese takeover this year
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has vetoed the third Chinese takeover in the country since his government took office in February, an official Hong Kong filing by the rebuffed gro...
Nov 23, 2021
In blow to ANC, opposition DA mayors elected in major S.African cities
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's largest opposition party won mayoral posts in three major cities in the country's economic heartland, a blow to the governing African National Congress (ANC) in...
Nov 23, 2021
U.N. Libya mediator quits weeks before planned election -diplomats
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Libya mediator Jan Kubis is stepping down, diplomats said on Tuesday, less than a year after he took up the role and a month before pla...
Nov 23, 2021
EU seeks to punish travel operators involved in human trafficking
STRASBOURG (Reuters) - The European Commission aims to blacklist and punish transport companies involved in human trafficking, it said in a statement on Tuesday, after almost 7,700 migrants arrived in...
Nov 23, 2021
Peoria County crash claims man’s life Monday night
UPDATED 2:40 P.M. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. — A Glasford man is dead following a crash southwest of Hanna City Monday night. The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office responded to Eden and Smithville R...
Nov 23, 2021
Total COVID deaths in Europe could exceed 2.2 million by March -WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday there could be a further 700,000 deaths from COVID-19 in Europe by March, taking the total to above 2.2 million, as the world bod...
Nov 23, 2021
Venezuela must strengthen its electoral authority – EU observers
By Vivian Sequera BOGOTA (Reuters) - Venezuela's weekend election took place with better conditions for voters than previous contests, but there were instances of people being arbitrarily turned away ...
Nov 23, 2021
As snow falls, Syrian siblings detained near Polish-Belarus border
SIEMIATYCZE, Poland (Reuters) - Syrian siblings who had crossed into Poland from Belarus were detained by border guards near the town of Siemiatycze on Tuesday, as the first snow of the winter fell on...
Nov 23, 2021
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