Japan extends COVID-19 emergency curbs in Tokyo, other areas
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan extended emergency COVID-19 restrictions on Thursday in Tokyo and other regions until the end of this month ...
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UK threatens to send migrant boats back to France
By Andrew MacAskill and Richard Lough LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) -Britain has approved plans to turn away boats illegally carrying migrants to ...
DUP threatens to collapse N.Ireland government over Brexit checks
By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) -Northern Ireland's largest pro-British party threatened on Thursday to withdraw from the region's power-sharing government ...
Pro-China social media campaign expands to new countries, blames U.S. for COVID
(Changes reference from COVID-10 to COVID-19.) By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -A misinformation campaign on social media in support ...
Top EU court gives broad protection to term ‘champagne’
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The top European Union court backed French champagne makers on Thursday who had argued that their protection ...
West African regional bloc suspends Guinea after coup
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) -West Africa's main political and economic bloc suspended Guinea's membership on Wednesday following a weekend ...
Sydney pubs to open in mid-Oct as end of COVID lockdown looms – with cases set to rise
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Sydney's cafes, restaurants and pubs are set to reopen in the second half of ...
Lebanon launches cash subsidy cards for families
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's caretaker minister of social affairs on Thursday announced the launch of cash cards for over 500,000 families, ...
Factbox-Norway’s three candidates for prime minister
OSLO (Reuters) - Nine political parties are expected to win seats in Norway's Sept. 12-13 parliamentary election, but only three ...
Fire in N.Macedonian COVID-19 hospital kills at least 14
PRISTINA (Reuters) -Fourteen people were killed and 12 seriously injured when a fire broke out in a makeshift hospital for ...
Indonesia and Australia agree to boost security ties
By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia and Australia agreed to deepen security ties during a ministerial meeting ...
Liberals win most seats in Morocco’s parliamentary election, routing Islamists
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's liberal RNI party has won most seats in the country's parliamentary elections followed ...
Who to blame for Taliban takeover? Former Afghan envoy points finger at Kabul
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roya Rahmani, Afghanistan's first female ambassador to the United States who left her post ...
Somalia on edge as president, PM clash over intelligence chief
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somalia's two most powerful leaders were locked in a standoff on Wednesday after they named ...
Taliban to allow 200 Americans, other civilians to leave Afghanistan -U.S. official
(Reuters) - Taliban authorities have agreed to let 200 American civilians and third country nationals who remained in Afghanistan after ...
World wary of Taliban government as Afghans urge action on rights and economy
(Reuters) - Foreign countries greeted the makeup of the new government in Afghanistan with caution and dismay on Wednesday after ...
Strong Acapulco quake aftershocks unnerve Mexican resort’s residents
By Uriel Sanchez ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) -Shaken residents slept in cars and on the streets of Mexico's famed Acapulco beach ...
Brazil truckers block highways, Bolsonaro asks protestors to stand down
By Ana Mano and Gram Slattery SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian truckers staged demonstrations throughout Brazil on Wednesday, partially blocking key ...
Canada PM Trudeau angrily accuses main rival of favoring abortion curbs, gun owners
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, facing a possible election defeat, on Wednesday lashed out ...
Mexican abortion ban punished poor women, top justice says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The Mexican Supreme Court's unanimous decision on Tuesday to decriminalize abortion will principally help poorer women, who ...