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Russian defence minister arrives in Belarus for talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Belarus on Wednesday for talks on military cooperation, the Belarusian Defence Ministry said. The talks follow a meeting between Ru...
Sep 16, 2020
Spain is not renouncing claim to Gibraltar, Foreign Minister says
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will not renounce its claim to the British territory of Gibraltar, Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said on Wednesday, as the countries negotiate the future relationship...
Sep 16, 2020
China says it hopes Japan will not develop official ties with Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that China hopes Japan will refrain from developing official ties with Taiwan. Spokesman Wang Wenbin was asked at a news briefing about C...
Sep 16, 2020
French initiative is last chance to save Lebanon, Jumblatt says
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Leading Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt said on Wednesday it appeared some did not understand that French-led efforts to get Lebanon out of crisis were the last chance to save th...
Sep 16, 2020
Australian government lawyer names China in interference investigation
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has formally named China in a court document as the foreign state under investigation by police in the nation's first foreign interference investigation....
Sep 16, 2020
UK government in talks with rebels over Brexit treaty breach bill
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government has had talks with rebels in his party over the Internal Market Bill, which the European Union says could sink Brexit talks by breaching th...
Sep 16, 2020
Large fire in Italian city of Ancona, no casualties reported
MILAN (Reuters) - A large fire broke out near the port area of the Ancona, on Italy's Adriatic coast in the early hours of Wednesday morning, sending a huge column of flame and smoke into the air, off...
Sep 16, 2020
Myanmar army probes ‘wider patterns’ of abuse against Rohingya
(Reuters) - The Myanmar military has said it is investigating "possible wider patterns of violations" before and during a 2017 crackdown in Rakhine State that the United Nations has said was executed ...
Sep 16, 2020
Japan’s Suga elected as country’s first new PM in eight years
TOKYO (Reuters) - Yoshihide Suga was elected as Japan's prime minister on Wednesday, becoming the country's first new leader in nearly eight years and facing a raft of challenges including reviving an...
Sep 16, 2020
India’s coronavirus cases surpass 5 million mark
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's coronavirus cases surged past 5 million on Wednesday with a single-day jump of 90,123 infections in the last 24 hours, data from the federal health ministry showed. India...
Sep 16, 2020
