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New Zealand resumes refugee intake as coronavirus fears ease
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand said on Friday it will start receiving refugees again this month, nearly a year after it shut its borders to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemi...
Feb 04, 2021
Russia to try jailed Kremlin critic Navalny for slander amid EU talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is due back in court on Friday for a slander trial despite Western calls for his release and on the same day as the European Union's top diploma...
Feb 04, 2021
Hong Kong unveils national security guidelines for children aged six and above
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong has unveiled controversial guidelines for schools in the Chinese-ruled city that include teaching students as young as six about foreign interference and subversion as ...
Feb 04, 2021
UK expelled three Chinese spies posing as journalists in past year – The Telegraph
BEIJING (Reuters) - In the past year the United Kingdom expelled three Chinese spies who were in the country on journalism visas, according to a report by The Telegraph newspaper on Thursday. The repo...
Feb 04, 2021
Libyan rivals vie for roles in new interim government
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Potential leaders of a new Libyan interim government joined in competing blocs on Thursday to seek backing from participants in U.N.-backed talks after publicly auditioning for top...
Feb 04, 2021
Taiwan blames Chinese ‘bullying’ for Guyana revoking rep office
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan on Friday blamed Chinese "bullying" for Guyana's decision to revoke a deal for the island to open a representative office in the South American country, saying it had tried w...
Feb 04, 2021
Myanmar military should step down, free detainees, Biden says in foreign policy speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military should relinquish power and release officials and activists detained in this week's coup, U.S. President Joe Biden said in his first foreign policy address on...
Feb 04, 2021
Turkish minister says U.S. behind 2016 failed coup: Hurriyet
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's interior minister accused the United States on Thursday of being behind a 2016 failed coup that Ankara has blamed on a U.S.-based Muslim preacher, the Hurriyet daily report...
Feb 04, 2021
China reports fewest daily COVID-19 cases in over a month
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported the fewest new COVID-19 cases in over a month, official data showed on Friday, suggesting that the latest wave of the disease is subsiding ahead of the key Lunar Ne...
Feb 04, 2021
U.S. rejects Turkish minister’s statement that U.S. was behind 2016 coup attempt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday assertions by Turkish officials that the United States was involved in a failed 2016 coup in Turkey were "wholly false." In a statemen...
Feb 04, 2021
