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Turkey to hold military exercise off Cyprus amid Mediterranean tensions
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey said it will hold a military exercise off northwest Cyprus for the next two weeks, amid growing tension with Greece over disputed claims to exploration rights in the east M...
Aug 29, 2020
Japan-U.S. confirm bilateral treaty covers isles disputed with China, Kono says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Defense Minister Taro Kono said on Saturday he had confirmed with his U.S. counterpart Mark Esper that islands in the East China Sea disputed by Japan and China are covered by ...
Aug 29, 2020
China embassy says Britain is distorting Beijing’s diplomatic efforts
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - British politicians are twisting facts in order to undermine bilateral ties with Beijing, China's embassy in London said on Saturday in response to new claims that Beijing is purs...
Aug 29, 2020
South Korea running out of sickbeds in COVID-19 resurgence
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported more than 300 infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the 16th day of three-digit rises, fanning concerns about a worsening shortage of si...
Aug 29, 2020
Trump pays Japan’s Abe ‘highest respect,’ plans to call him
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday he considered Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a great friend and expressed concern over his decision to step down for health r...
Aug 29, 2020
German court permits Berlin protests against coronavirus curbs
BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German regional court gave the go-ahead on Saturday for mass demonstrations planned in Berlin against coronavirus curbs, ruling against the capital's ban on such protest...
Aug 29, 2020
Party election to pick PM Abe’s successor around Sept. 15, media say
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling party will choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor around Sept. 15, Kyodo news agency said on Saturday, after Abe abruptly announced his resignation for health re...
Aug 29, 2020
‘Putin, have some tea’: Russian city holds eighth anti-Kremlin protest
(Reuters) - Thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday in Russia's far eastern city of Khabarovsk to protest against President Vladimir Putin's handling of a regional political crisis and the...
Aug 29, 2020
Australia’s Victoria states posts lowest COVID-19 case rise in two months
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state on Saturday reported its lowest rise in new coronavirus cases in almost two months, but authorities warned there would be no rush to lift social distan...
Aug 28, 2020
China’s Wuhan says all schools to reopen on Tuesday
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Wuhan, Ground Zero for the COVID-19 pandemic and the Chinese city hardest hit by the coronavirus, will reopen all its schools and kindergartens on Tuesday, local authorities said....
Aug 28, 2020
