Tunisia's incoming PM plans restructuring of economic ministries - Reuters
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia’s premier-designate plans to gather the ministries of finance, investment and state property into a single department to be led by economist Ali Kooli under plans to revamp government and revive the economy, political sources said.
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Uzbek reporter released pending investigation - Reuters
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Authorities in Uzbekistan have freed a local journalist whose detention drew rare criticism from the United States this month, but he is still being investigated, his lawyer said on Sunday.
The U.S. ambassador to Tashkent, Daniel Rosenblum, said this month he was “deeply concerned” by the case of Bobomurod Abdullayev and called for
Germany's Metro AG says it approves departure of CEO Koch by year-end - Reuters
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The supervisory boad of Metro AG ( B4B.DE ) on Sunday approved the decision by CEO Olaf Koch to quit the German retailer by the end of the year, the company said.
The group will start a structured process to look for a successor, it said
Parma sack coach D'Aversa after loss of 'mutual enthusiasm' - Reuters India
(Reuters) - Parma have dismissed coach Roberto d’Aversa, three weeks after the end of the season, the Serie A club announced on Sunday.
D’Aversa, 45,
Former Ukrainian premier Tymoshenko tests positive for coronavirus - Reuters India
KYIV (Reuters) - Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is in serious condition with a fever, her party’s spokeswoman said on Sunday.
Tymoshenko, 59, who twice served as premier before her defeat in the 2010 presidential election, became the first high
Russia's Lavrov says no way to prove Belarus leader Lukashenko did not win vote - Ifax - Reuters India
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that it would be impossible to prove that Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko did not win an Aug. 9 election in the absence of international observers, the Interfax news agency reported.
He also said that Moscow calls for the launch of a genuinely broad national dialogue in
Russia's Lavrov says Belarusian opposition members who left for West seek 'bloodshed': RIA - Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Belarusian opposition members who left Belarus during recent protests of seeking “bloodshed”, according to the RIA newsagency on Sunday.
He added that Belarusian opposition leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who left for Lithuania amid protests following a disputed election two weeks ago, had been “pressured” as she started to make more statements in English recently.
Reporting by Polina Ivanova and Tom Balmforth; Writing by Katya Golubkova; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky
Russia ready to co-operate with Huawei on 5G: Ifax cites Lavrov - Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is ready to co-operate with China and its Huawei Technologies Co on 5G technology which Moscow is currently trying to develop, the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday, citing Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Reporting by Polina Ivanova; Writing by Katya Golubkova; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky
Australia says effective unemployment to exceed 13% by end of September - Reuters UK
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Effective unemployment in Australia will climb above 13% by the end of September, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Sunday, as nearly half a million people lose their jobs due to a full lockdown of the
Pak captain Ali hits defiant fifty - Reuters UK
(Reuters) - James Anderson claimed his fifth wicket as England enforced the follow-on against Pakistan on the third day of the third and final test at the Rose Bowl on Sunday, despite a battling century by visiting skipper Azhar Ali.