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**Brazil passes 800,000 COVID-19 cases, reports more than 40,000 deaths**

"Brazil reported a cumulative total of 802,828 confirmed cases of coronavirus on Thursday, with 30,412 new infections in the last 24 hours in the world's second worst outbreak after the United States. "

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-numbers/brazil-passes-800000-covid-19-cases-reports-more-than-40000-deaths-idUSKBN23I3BL?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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**Catalonia challenge awaits Spain's next prime minister**

"The fight over Catalan independence has been thrust to the forefront of Spanish politics ahead of elections on Sunday, with street clashes, torched cars and smashed windows fuelling a hardening stance against separatists amongst political…"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-election-catalonia/catalonia-challenge-awaits-spains-next-prime-minister-idUSKBN1XH2B2?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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**Bolivian opposition leaders rally as violence flares**

"A Bolivian protest leader will make a second attempt to reach the capital on Wednesday to demand President Evo Morales step down, a gambit which has sparked a fierce backlash from government supporters while helping rally a split opposition. "

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bolivia-election-protests/bolivian-opposition-leaders-rally-as-violence-flares-idUSKBN1XG22F?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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**Spain closes Catalan protest group website and probes riots**

"A Spanish judge ordered the closure of a secretive Catalan protest group's website on Friday as authorities scrambled to find who is behind street demonstrations that have turned unusually violent. "

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-politics-catalonia-tsunami/spain-closes-catalan-protest-group-website-and-probes-riots-idUSKBN1WX1ZJ?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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**French police fire tear gas, water cannons at anti-G7 protesters**

"French riot police used water cannons and tear gas on Saturday to disperse anti-capitalism protesters in Bayonne, near the resort of Biarritz where President Emmanuel Macron and G7 nation allies were meeting for a three-day …"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-g7-summit-protests/french-police-fire-tear-gas-water-cannons-at-anti-g7-protesters-idUSKCN1VE0DN?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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**Spain told by U.N. body to free jailed Catalan separatists**

"Spain must release three jailed Catalan separatist leaders denied bail while facing trial for their role in the region's failed bid for independence in 2017, a United Nations expert group will say in a report on Wednesday. "

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-un-catalonia/spain-told-by-u-n-body-to-free-jailed-catalan-separatists-idUSKCN1SZ1YW?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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**Spanish rescuers to start drilling for boy trapped in well**

"Rescuers in southern Spain worked through the night as efforts to reach a two-year-old boy trapped in a deep well since Sunday entered a sixth day in an operation that has gripped the nation. "

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-child-rescue/spanish-rescuers-to-start-drilling-for-boy-trapped-in-well-idUSKCN1PD0D0?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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**Macron visits riot-damaged Arc de Triomphe, state of emergency mulled**

"President Emmanuel Macron rushed to the Arc de Triomphe on Sunday after one of France's most revered monuments was vandalized by rioters, with the government considering a state of emergency after the worst bout of un…"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-protests/macron-visits-riot-damaged-arc-de-triomphe-state-of-emergency-mulled-idUSKBN1O1072?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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**Schaeuble backs business candidate to succeed Merkel as party leader: Spiegel**

"Wolfgang Schaeuble, president of Germany's parliament and one of the most senior politicians in Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), is backing a pro-business right-winger to succeed …"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-politics/schaeuble-backs-business-candidate-to-succeed-merkel-as-party-leader-spiegel-idUSKCN1N72AE?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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**Wife and mother of 'disappeared' Pinochet victims dies, not knowing their fate**

"A Chilean woman who won global renown for her public battle to find her husband, sons and pregnant daughter-in-law after they disappeared during the Pinochet dictatorship has died at the age of 93 without…"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-rights/wife-and-mother-of-disappeared-pinochet-victims-dies-not-knowing-their-fate-idUSKCN1N02J7?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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**Foreigners sell net $1.1 billion of Saudi stocks as journalist disappearance rattles investors**

"Foreigners sold a net 4.01 billion riyals ($1.07 billion) in Saudi stocks in the week ending Oct. 18, exchange data showed on Sunday - one of the biggest selloffs…"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-stocks-foreign/foreigners-sell-net-1-1-billion-of-saudi-stocks-as-journalist-disappearance-rattles-investors-idUSKCN1MV0O0?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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