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Somalia leaders fail to break deadlock over presidential vote
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali leaders have failed to end a stalemate over the selection of a new president scheduled for next week, government officials said on Saturday, raising the risk of more polit...
Feb 06, 2021
Indonesian village turns red as floods hit batik-manufacturing hub
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A surreal, blood-red river inundated the Indonesian village of Jenggot after floods hit a nearby batik factory on Saturday, causing a frenzy on social media. Thousands of users on ...
Feb 06, 2021
Wuhan residents remember coronavirus ‘whistleblower’ doctor a year after his death
By David Kirton WUHAN, China (Reuters) - A year after his death from COVID-19, residents in the Chinese city of Wuhan say they remain grateful to the "whistleblower" doctor who first sounded the alarm...
Feb 06, 2021
U.S. Blinken makes first call to Saudi foreign minister – SPA
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone to Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Friday for the first time, Saudi state media said early on Saturday. Saudi Foreign Ministe...
Feb 06, 2021
Mexico City families see some relief from pandemic with home visits
By Carlos Carrillo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - While the coronavirus pandemic tears through the sprawling Mexican capital, a team of public health workers going door-to-door in one of its poorest district...
Feb 06, 2021
U.N. seeks ‘maximum restraint’ as India farm protesters widen blockade
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights office called on Indian authorities and protesting farmers to exercise "maximum restraint" hours before the growers impose a nationwide road blockade...
Feb 05, 2021
U.S. halts asylum-seeker pact with Guatemala, says Guatemalan government
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The U.S. government has ended a controversial deal with Guatemala that sent asylum-seekers processed at the U.S.-Mexico border to the Central American country to await heari...
Feb 05, 2021
Blinken presses China on Xinjiang, Hong Kong in call with Beijing’s top diplomat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi in a phone call on Friday the United States will stand up for human rights and democratic values in ...
Feb 05, 2021
New Zealand investigates new COVID-19 case linked to quarantine facility
(Reuters) - New Zealand health authorities said on Saturday they were investigating a new community coronavirus infection, the fourth in two weeks among people who completed mandatory isolation at an ...
Feb 05, 2021
Arrest in Thailand of second drug kingpin tightens dragnet on huge syndicate
By Tom Allard, Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) - A second senior leader of a vast drug syndicate has been arrested, a Thai narcotics official said, as a transnational dragne...
Feb 05, 2021
