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Cargo ship and tanker collide off Shanghai; 14 missing: state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - An oil tanker carrying 3,000 tonnes of gasoline collided with a cargo ship near Shanghai on Thursday, leaving 14 people missing, state media reported. State broadcaster CCTV showed...
Aug 20, 2020
Brother of UK’s 2017 Manchester suicide bomber jailed for at least 55 years: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) - A man who helped his elder brother carry out a suicide bomb attack at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in the English city of Manchester three years ago which killed 22 people wa...
Aug 20, 2020
German police arrest man wanted by Croatia for war crimes
BERLIN (Reuters) - German federal police said on Thursday they had arrested a 55-year old former Yugoslavian man who was sentenced 23 years ago in Croatia for crimes against humanity but who never ser...
Aug 20, 2020
Belarus launches criminal case into opposition council: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Belarusian general prosecutor's office said on Thursday it had opened a criminal case into a council launched by members of the opposition who disputed an Aug. 9 presidential el...
Aug 20, 2020
Greece to ratify sea accord with Egypt on August 26
By Michele Kambas ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece plans to ratify an accord on maritime boundaries with Egypt next week, its government said on Thursday, referring to a deal which has angered Turkey and hig...
Aug 20, 2020
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank, military says he was planning attack
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers fired at Palestinians who were to believed to be preparing to attack Israeli cars in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the military said, and Palestinian offic...
Aug 20, 2020
Tokyo bar uses ‘fish bowl’ screens to lure back virus-wary clients
TOKYO (Reuters) - A bar in Tokyo's upscale Ginza district has installed fish bowl-like screens designed to protect against coronavirus transmission, aiming to lure back clients worried about the risks...
Aug 20, 2020
Iran says it detained a UAE ship, its crew on Monday: state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran seized a United Arab Emirates-registered ship violating its territorial waters this week, Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, adding that UAE coast guards killed two Irani...
Aug 20, 2020
North Korean leader’s sister is ‘de facto second-in-command’, South Korean lawmaker says
By Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's intelligence agency believes that Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is serving as his "de facto second-in-command...
Aug 20, 2020
Japan awards COVID-19 relief work to Deloitte affiliate after Dentsu controversy
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government has signed a contract with a Deloitte-linked consulting group to distribute coronavirus relief payouts following public anger over a previous deal involving a...
Aug 20, 2020
