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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny could face 3.5 years in jail on return to Russia: lawyer
By Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is on a national wanted list for allegedly violating the terms of a suspended prison sentence and risks being jailed for three and a ha...
Syndicated Content Jan 14, 2021
Japan PM pledges maximum support for COVID-treating hospitals
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday the government intended to offer maximum support to hospitals that take in COVID-19 patients, as the country faces a steep cli...
Syndicated Content Jan 14, 2021
Hong Kong Broadband Network blocks website to comply with security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) said on Thursday it blocked a website that publishes material mainly on 2019 anti-government protests to comply with the city's national securi...
Syndicated Content Jan 14, 2021
Analysis: Kingmaker manoeuvres behind the men vying to succeed Germany’s Merkel
By Andreas Rinke and Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - The conservative leader favoured by German voters isn't even running in this week's contest to head up Angela Merkel's party, but he aims to play a ...
Syndicated Content Jan 14, 2021
Turkey says turning back on S-400s ‘problematic’, seeks U.S. dialogue
By Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said it would be "very problematic" for Ankara to turn back on its purchase of Russian S-400 defence systems but expressed hope ...
Syndicated Content Jan 14, 2021
South Korea court upholds jail for ex-president Park, clearing way for chance of a pardon
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's top court upheld on Thursday a 20-year jail sentence for former President Park Geun-hye on graft charges that led to her downfall, bringing an end to the ...
Syndicated Content Jan 14, 2021
U.S. stands by Taiwan, envoy says after cancelled trip
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States stands by Taiwan and always will, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft said on Wednesday following a call with Taiwan Presid...
Syndicated Content Jan 13, 2021
Indonesia to resume search for victims, black box of crashed Sriwijaya jet
By Bernadette Christina Munthe JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian divers prepared to resume a search on Thursday for the remains of 62 victims and the cockpit voice recorder from a Sriwijaya Air plane tha...
Syndicated Content Jan 13, 2021
Cambodia court convenes for mass trial of opposition
By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A court in Cambodia convened on Thursday for the treason trial of scores of opposition figures, one of a series of cases seen by activists as moves by the ruli...
Syndicated Content Jan 13, 2021
Britain allows hospitals to discharge COVID-19 patients into care homes without re-testing
(Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday altered its rules to allow coronavirus patients who have completed 14 days isolation without showing symptoms of COVID-19 to move directly into care homes from hospita...
Syndicated Content Jan 13, 2021




