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U.N. and Western embassies voice concerns amid Myanmar coup fears
By Poppy McPherson (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday he was following with "great concern" developments in Myanmar, where military threats and coup fears hav...
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Biden and Xi may meet at Singapore’s ‘Davos’ summit in May: WEF President
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - United States President Joe Biden and China President Xi Jinping may meet at the World Economic Forum's summit in Singapore in May, the organisation's president said on Friday. T...
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Philippines extends partial coronavirus curbs in Manila
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines extended on Friday partial COVID-19 restrictions in the capital Manila until the end of February in a bid to slow a spike in infections after year-end holidays, offi...
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China says common interests outweigh differences in ties with United States
BEIJING (Reuters) - Common interests between China and the United States outweigh their differences, Vice President Wang Qishan told a delegation of U.S. represenatives on Friday, amid heightened tens...
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Indian farm protesters reinforce after standoff with police
By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Thousands of Indian farmers marched overnight to reinforce protesting colleagues camping out on the outskirts of the capital, New Delhi, to press the governmen...
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Indian president says new laws protect farmers’ rights
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Three farm laws passed by the Indian government provide farmers new rights along with protecting their existing rights and facilities, the country's President Ram Nath Kovind told p...
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EU Commission head says AstraZeneca contract contains binding orders
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union's contract with AstraZeneca for its COVID-19 vaccine contains binding orders, EU Commision Head Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday, demanding a plausible explana...
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As election nears, pandemic-weary Ecuadoreans lean toward return to socialism
By Alexandra Valencia and Brian Ellsworth QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean voters struggling under a battered economy are leaning toward a return to socialism in February's presidential vote, as nostalgia...
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Bangladesh sends more Rohingya refugees to remote, flood-prone island
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - A group of more than 1,700 Rohingya Muslim refugees set sail for a remote island in the Bay of Bengal with more readying to go on Saturday, a Bangladesh navy official sa...
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Fire at COVID-19 hospital in Romania kills four
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A fire killed four people at a COVID-19 hospital in Romanian capital Bucharest early on Friday and 102 other patients have been evacuated, officials said. The fire, which has sin...
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