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Explainer: Can Scotland hold another independence referendum?
By Michael Holden and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish nationalists are pushing for an independence referendum to be held after this May's Scottish parliament election, but British Prime M...
Feb 05, 2021
Judges, not voters, may decide on Scottish independence vote
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's top civil court dealt nationalists a blow on Friday by declining to rule that the Scottish parliament had the right to call an independence referendum w...
Feb 05, 2021
Portugal’s COVID-19 nightmare eases, but far from over
By Catarina Demony and Victoria Waldersee LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's devastating surge in coronavirus infections has finally slowed, to the relief of its overwhelmed health service - but for nurse ...
Feb 05, 2021
China’s latest weapon against Taiwan: the sand dredger
By Yimou Lee ON BOARD THE TAIWAN COAST GUARD SHIP PP-10062, East China Sea (Reuters) - Taiwanese coast guard commander Lin Chie-ming is on the frontline of a new type of warfare that China is waging a...
Feb 05, 2021
Scottish court says case seeking clarification about independence vote premature
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's top civil court has dismissed a case which sought a ruling that the Scottish parliament could hold an independence referendum without permission from London, saying it wa...
Feb 05, 2021
In Saddam strongholds that fought America, Iraqis fear a U.S. departure
By John Davison, Ahmed and Rasheed FALLUJAH, Iraq (Reuters) - Abu Arkan Ibrahim picked up a rifle and joined the Iraqi insurgency against U.S. troops when they occupied his hometown of Fallujah in 200...
Feb 05, 2021
Guard kills Palestinian intruder in West Bank settlement: Israeli army
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - An Israeli security guard shot dead an unarmed Palestinian who tried to break into a house in a small settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Israel...
Feb 05, 2021
“We don’t want this military coup”: Myanmar teachers join protests
(Reuters) - Teachers in Myanmar on Friday became the latest group to join a civil disobedience campaign with some lecturers refusing to work or cooperate with authorities in protest against the milita...
Feb 05, 2021
Hong Kong democracy activists appear in court over banned Tiananmen vigil
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Twenty-four activists appeared in a Hong Kong court on Friday on charges related to a June 4 vigil last year marking the anniversary of China's military crackdown ...
Feb 05, 2021
Indian protestes against agriculture reforms attract new supporters
By Devjyot Ghoshal BHAINSWAL, India (Reuters) - Thousands of farmers in a politically important Indian state on Friday rallied in opposition to new agricultural laws, signalling growing support for a ...
Feb 05, 2021
