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‘Watchmen’, ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ pajamas and alpaca take stage for Emmys
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television shows "Succession," "Watchmen" and "Schitt's Creek" look set for multiple wins at Sunday's Emmy awards, but the biggest buzz may be around the virtu...
Sep 20, 2020
Belarus to pay $330 million Gazprom debt from new Russian loan – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus will channel about $330 million of its new loan from Russia to cover its outstanding debt to Russian gas giant Gazprom, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said, TASS ne...
Sep 20, 2020
‘Political paralysis’: Lebanese patriarch points at Shi’ite leaders for cabinet delay
By Edmund Blair BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's top Christian cleric took a swipe at leaders of the Shi'ite Muslim community on Sunday for making demands he said were blocking the formation of a new gove...
Sep 20, 2020
Explainer: Why Thai protesters are challenging the monarchy
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Since a longstanding taboo on criticising Thailand's monarchy was broken by protesters in early August, their rallies in Bangkok have got increasingly bold in criticising King Maha...
Sep 20, 2020
Exclusive: Brazil’s Lula says he will back anyone who can take on Bolsonaro
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, barred from elected office due to corruption convictions, said he is open to backing any candidate w...
Sep 20, 2020
If U.S. election winds up in Supreme Court, Ginsburg’s death will loom large
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The death of liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday could spell bad news for Democrats if a legal battle over the results of the Nov. 3 presidential elect...
Sep 20, 2020
Facebook tells Irish court that probe threatens its EU operations – newspaper
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Facebook has told Ireland's High Court it cannot see how its services could operate in the European Union if regulators freeze its data transfer mechanism, the Sunday Business Post ...
Sep 20, 2020
Supreme Court fight after Ginsburg’s death energizes women voters on both sides
By James Oliphant and Jonathan Drake WASHINGTON/FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Waiting for President Donald Trump to speak at a campaign rally in North Carolina on Saturday, Paulette Fittshu...
Sep 20, 2020
China’s ByteDance seeks $60 billion TikTok valuation in U.S. deal: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - China's ByteDance Ltd is seeking a valuation of $60 billion for TikTok as Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc take stakes in the short-video app's business to address U.S. security concerns, Bloom...
Sep 20, 2020
Relatives of 12 Hong Kong people arrested by China demand access for own lawyers
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Relatives of some of the 12 Hong Kong people arrested by China at sea last month demanded the city's government check on their condition and ensure lawyers appointed by the famil...
Sep 20, 2020
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