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Pacific island nations turn to Beijing-backed AIIB as pandemic sinks economies
By Jonathan Barrett and Praveen Menon SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Pacific island nations are turning to China-led agencies to plug funding gaps in their pandemic-ravaged budgets after exhausting fin...
Jan 24, 2021
Australia says it will spend $770 million on navy weapons development
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will spend A$1 billion ($770 million) developing new naval weaponry capabilities, including long-range missiles and torpedoes, the federal government said on Monday, part ...
Jan 24, 2021
Colombia’s FARC party changes name to Comunes
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC political party - which was formed following the demobilization of the guerrilla group with the same acronym - will change its name to Comunes, it said on Sunday. Th...
Jan 24, 2021
‘Get out Bolsonaro!’ say ex-supporters in Brazil as COVID-19, vaccines weigh
By Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Meggy Fernandes voted for Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's 2018 presidential election, attracted by the far-right former army captain's promise to shake up ...
Jan 24, 2021
Biden speaks with France’s Macron, seeks to strengthen ties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with French President Emmanuel Macron, expressing his desire to strengthen bilateral ties, the White House said, as Biden made the tradi...
Jan 24, 2021
ICC has arrested Central African Republic war crimes suspect Said: statement
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court on Sunday said it had taken into custody a former Central African Republic commander of the "Seleka" faction suspected of war crimes and crimes a...
Jan 24, 2021
Exclusive: Biden to impose South Africa travel ban to combat new COVID-19 variant – sources
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will impose a ban on most non-U.S. citizens entering the country who have recently been in South Africa starting Saturday in a bid to con...
Jan 24, 2021
Mexico’s death toll from COVID-19 set to pass grim milestone of 150,000
By Josue Gonzalez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Crying outside a Mexico City cemetery, a family embraced the box that contained the ashes of their beloved grandmother. The grandmother had fallen ill a few d...
Jan 24, 2021
France probably needs new COVID-19 lockdown: top government adviser
PARIS (Reuters) - France probably needs to move into a third lockdown because of the circulation of new variants of the virus in the country, the government's top medical advisor on COVID-19 policy sa...
Jan 24, 2021
Presidents of Mexico, Russia to discuss Sputnik V vaccine on Monday
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will speak by telephone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss Mexico's acquisition of the Russian Sputn...
Jan 24, 2021
