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Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam’s anti-corruption czar, crowned party chief again
By James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) - Nguyen Phu Trong, re-elected as Vietnam's most powerful man on Sunday, is one of the Southeast Asian country's strongest and longest-serving leaders since founding r...
Jan 31, 2021
South Korea to extend COVID-19 curbs into Lunar New Year holidays
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will extend its social distancing curbs by two weeks until the end of the Lunar New Year holidays as new infection clusters emerge in the country, Prime M...
Jan 31, 2021
Vietnam ruling Communist Party chief Trong re-elected for third term: state media
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, 76, has been re-elected for a rare third five-year term, state media reported on Sunday, cementing his position as one of the...
Jan 31, 2021
WHO team to visit Wuhan market, where first COVID infections seen
WUHAN, China (Reuters) - A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan was expected to visit Huanan market later on Sunday,...
Jan 31, 2021
China temporarily bars entry of foreigners travelling from Canada
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has temporarily banned entry of foreign nationals travelling from Canada, even if they hold valid Chinese residence permits for work, the Chinese consulate in Toronto said. "...
Jan 30, 2021
Russia braces for new street protests against jailing of Kremlin critic Navalny
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny were set to stage fresh protests in Moscow and across Russia on Sunday for a second straight weekend despite a sw...
Jan 30, 2021
Mexican president remains mild case of COVID-19, ministry says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador continues to be only mildly affected by COVID-19, an official said on Saturday, a day after the Mexican leader broadcast a video informing...
Jan 30, 2021
Australia calls for pharmacists to join virus COVID-19 vaccination
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will invite pharmacies this week to join a government-funded rollout of COVID-19 vaccine, the federal government said on Sunday, as the country approached 14 consecutive d...
Jan 30, 2021
UK opens special visa route for Hong Kong residents to become citizens
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong residents can apply from Sunday for a new visa offering them an opportunity to become British citizens after Beijing's imposition of a national security law in the Asia...
Jan 30, 2021
Mexican telecoms magnate Slim returns home after hospitalization with COVID-19
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican businessman Carlos Slim, one of the world's richest men, has returned home from hospital following a bout of COVID-19 and is feeling well, his spokesman Arturo Elias sa...
Jan 30, 2021
