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Spain visitor numbers climb but still only a fraction of 2019 levels
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of foreigners staying in Spanish hotels rose in July to over 1.1 million after the country came out of one of Europe's strictest coronavirus lockdowns in late June, but w...
Aug 24, 2020
‘What’s to be ashamed of’: Malaysia’s Najib back on the stump despite guilty verdict
By A. Ananthalakshmi and Rozanna Latiff SLIM, Malaysia (Reuters) - Convicted of corruption less than a month ago and sentenced to 12 years in jail, former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was back...
Aug 24, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. will preserve Israel’s military edge
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States would continue to ensure Israel enjoyed a military edge in the Middle East under any future U.S. arms deals w...
Aug 24, 2020
Digital attacks raise fears over press freedoms in Indonesia
By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto SYDNEY/JAKARTA (Reuters) - A spate of hacking attacks on Indonesian media that published articles critical of the government's response to the coronavirus has raised ...
Aug 24, 2020
German foreign minister to discuss east Med row Tuesday: ministry
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is planning to discuss the natural gas dispute in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in Athens and Ankara on Tuesday, a ministry spokesman said on Mond...
Aug 24, 2020
Austria expels Russian diplomat, Moscow calls move ‘damaging’
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria is expelling a Russian diplomat for breaching the Vienna Convention governing diplomats' privileges and immunities, an Austrian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday. "H...
Aug 24, 2020
Irish PM wants assurances EU’s Hogan did not break COVID-19 rules
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Michel Martin called on European Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan to give the public absolute assurances he did not break COVID-19 when he travelled to a golf dinn...
Aug 24, 2020
Syria gas pipeline explosion ‘almost certainly’ ISIS strike: U.S. envoy
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States is still looking into an explosion at a gas pipeline in Syria but the incident appears to bear the hallmarks of Islamic State, U.S. Syria envoy James Jeffrey said ...
Aug 24, 2020
China pledges Mekong River data-sharing, details unclear
BANGKOK (Reuters) - China's prime minister pledged on Monday to share more water management data from its portion of the Mekong River with its neighbours in Southeast Asia after U.S. criticism that it...
Aug 24, 2020
Bali postpones plan to allow back foreign tourists next month
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The Indonesian island of Bali has postponed a plan to reopen the country's biggest tourism hub to international tourists on Sept. 11, its governor said, due to the rising level of ...
Aug 24, 2020
