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Explainer: Myanmar generals are back in charge, but for how long?
(Reuters) - The military is back in power in Myanmar after a coup less than a decade after it launched a transition to democracy to end nearly half a century of direct army rule and international isol...
Feb 02, 2021
Northern Irish unionist calls for calm after EU’s ‘crass act’
LONDON (Reuters) - A senior Northern Irish unionist called on Tuesday for calm after a local council withdrew port staff over concerns for their safety and the European Union acted "crassly" to try to...
Feb 02, 2021
Pakistan’s top court orders alleged Daniel Pearl killer moved from prison
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release from prison on Tuesday of Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh, a ringleader in the kidnapping and murder of U.S. journalist Danie...
Feb 02, 2021
Japan set to extend state of emergency for another month
By Elaine Lies and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is set to extend a state of emergency in Tokyo and other regions for another month on Tuesday, seeking to keep the upper hand over a COVID-19...
Feb 02, 2021
D-day for Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with Russian court set to consider longer jail term
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court is due to consider jailing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for up to three and a half years later on Tuesday in a case that has sparked nationwide protests and talk of...
Feb 02, 2021
Lights out: Brexit shuts off market for English cheese truckles
MATLOCK, England (Reuters) - An English company that has long been selling its wax-coated mini barrels of cheese directly to European consumers says it can no longer do so because of Brexit, pushing i...
Feb 02, 2021
UAE confident F-35 jets sale will go through, says ambassador
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' ambassador to Washington said he was confident the sale of F-35 jets to his country would go through after a review by President Joe Biden's administration ...
Feb 02, 2021
German lawmakers turn sights on finance ministers in Wirecard fraud fiasco
By John O'Donnell and Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Fresh from toppling the head of Germany's top financial regulator last week, lawmakers are turning their fire on finance minister Olaf Scholz and h...
Feb 02, 2021
Wuhan or Wu-Tang? Canadian diplomat’s T-shirt logo angers China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Canada said it regretted a "misunderstanding" after China lodged a formal complaint over a diplomat's order of a custom T-shirt displaying the word Wuhan, the city where the COVID-...
Feb 02, 2021
Analysis: Biden threatened Myanmar sanctions. What are his options?
By Simon Lewis, Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden, facing his first major international crisis after Myanmar's military seized power, could impose a n...
Feb 02, 2021
