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.

FILE PHOTO: Tunisia's Interior Minister Hichem Mechichi takes the oath of office during the country's new government swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, Tunisia February 27, 2020. Fethi Belaid/Pool via REUTERS

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Uzbek reporter released pending investigation - Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Uzbek journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev (front) is seen after a court hearing in Tashkent, Uzbekistan May 7, 2018. REUTERS/Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov

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

FILE PHOTO: Olaf Koch, CEO of German wholesaler Metro AG poses for a picture before the company's annual shareholders meeting in Duesseldorf, Germany, February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

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

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Serie A - Parma v Inter Milan - Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma, Italy - June 28, 2020 Parma coach Roberto D'Aversa during the match, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini

(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

FILE PHOTO: Batkivshchyna party leader Yulia Tymoshenko reacts while speaking with acquaintances outside a polling station during a parliamentary election in Kiev, Ukraine July 21, 2019. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a news conference following a meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Moscow, Russia August 11, 2020. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

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

FILE PHOTO: Huawei logo pictured outside its headquarters building in Reading, Britain, July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Childs

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

FILE PHOTO: People walk in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge as the state of New South Wales continues to report low numbers for new daily cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

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.

Cricket - Third Test - England v Pakistan - Ageas Bowl, Southampton, Britain - August 23, 2020 England's Joe Root catches out Pakistan's Asad Shafiq, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-1