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Oil falls on oversupply fears after build in U.S. crude stocks
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices slid more than 1 percent on Wednesday, paring the previous day's gains, as a jump in U.S. crude inventories and surging COVID-19 cases raised fears of an oversupply of oil and weak fuel demand.
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Grave-counting satellite images seek to track Yemen's COVID death toll
LONDON (Reuters) - A first-of-its-kind study using satellite images to count fresh graves and analyse burial activity in Yemen has estimated the death toll there from COVID-19 or COVID-related causes is far higher than official government figures suggest.
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Grave-counting satellite images seek to track Yemen's COVID death toll
LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - A first-of-its-kind study using satellite images to count fresh graves and analyze burial activity in Yemen has estimated the death toll there from COVID-19 or COVID-related causes is far higher than official government figures suggest.
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U.S.-sanctioned Iranian plane lands in Venezuela -lawmaker, data
CARACAS, Oct 27 (Reuters) - An Iranian plane owned by a company sanctioned by the United States for allegedly shipping weapons to Syria landed in Venezuela on Tuesday, according to an opposition Venezuelan lawmaker and flight tracking data.
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Israel says U.S. will now fund Israeli research projects in West Bank, Golan
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday the United States is effectively lifting a ban on U.S. funding of Israeli scientific research projects conducted in the West Bank and Golan Heights, areas Israel occupied in a 1967 war.
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I take my hat off to Hamilton, says old foe Rosberg
LONDON (Reuters) - Nico Rosberg hailed Lewis Hamilton's record 92nd Formula One win and sporting longevity as a great achievement on Tuesday but said the way the Briton was using his platform to raise awareness for global issues was just as impressive.
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Israel says U.S. will now fund Israeli research projects in West Bank, Golan
JERUSALEM, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday the United States is effectively lifting a ban on U.S. funding of Israeli scientific research projects conducted in the West Bank and Golan Heights, areas Israel occupied in a 1967 war.
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Analysis: Trump sanctions could give Biden a bargaining chip in deal talks with Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administrationâs imposition of new sanctions on Iran may have been intended to forestall a new nuclear deal with Tehran if Joe Biden is elected president, but it could backfire instead by strengthening Biden's hand at the bargaining table.
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Saudi cabinet condemns cartoons offending prophet Mohammad- statement
CAIRO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's cabinet renewed on Tuesday its refusal of any attempt to link Islam and terrorism, it said in a statement.
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Putin, Erdogan discussed Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria during phone call -Kremlin
MOSCOW, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a phone call with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday expressed his concerns over increased involvement of fighters from the Middle East in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Kremlin said in a statement.
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