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United States issues travel curbs for Chinese Communist Party members: NYT
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday issued new rules to restrict travel by Chinese Communist Party members' and their families' to the United States, the New York Tim...
Dec 03, 2020
Tropical cyclone headed for southern India after causing little damage in Sri Lanka
By Waruna Karunatilake COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Burevi tropical cyclone is headed towards southern India, authorities said on Thursday, after it slammed Sri Lanka's east coast earlier this week but cau...
Dec 03, 2020
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai in custody after fraud charge
By Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was denied bail on Thursday on a charge of fraud related to the lease of a building that houses his Apple...
Dec 03, 2020
South Korea students sit college exam behind plastic barriers and in hospitals due to COVID-19
By Hyonhee Shin and Soohyun Mah SEOUL (Reuters) - Nearly half a million South Korean students nervously began a hyper-competitive university entrance exam on Thursday, with COVID-19 students taking th...
Dec 02, 2020
Australia approves tough new veto powers over foreign agreements amid China row
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's parliament on Thursday passed legislation giving the federal government power to veto any agreement struck with foreign states, a move likely to anger C...
Dec 02, 2020
Prosecutors building case against ex-PM Abe’s secretary for failure to report funding
TOKYO (Reuters) - Prosecutors are building a case against former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's secretary over failing to report a total of as much as 40 million yen ($382,848) in political funds, the Yo...
Dec 02, 2020
Former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing was architect of EU integration
By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - Former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing, a key architect of European integration who sought to liberalise the economy and social attitudes after years of ...
Dec 02, 2020
Former French President Giscard d’Estaing has died: Europe 1 radio
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing has died, France's Europe 1 radio reported on Wednesday. Giscard, who was 94 and was France's leader from 1974 to 1981, had recently ...
Dec 02, 2020
U.S. says U.N. COVID-19 meeting is stage for Chinese ‘propaganda’
By Andrea Shalal and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday claimed a United Nations meeting of world leaders on the COVID-19 pandemic was being designed to al...
Dec 02, 2020
U.S. military to keep two larger Afghan bases after drawdown to 2,500
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has approved drawdown plans in Afghanistan that will still keep two larger bases in the country as officials carry out President Donald Trump's orde...
Dec 02, 2020
