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Japan PM says to add three western prefectures to state of emergency -Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told a meeting of ruling party executives on Tuesday that he would declare a state of emergency for the three western prefectures of Osaka, Kyo...
Jan 11, 2021
Malaysia’s king declares state of emergency to curb spread of COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's King Al-Sultan Abdullah on Tuesday declared a state of emergency across the country to curb the spread of COVID-19. The emergency will last until Aug. 1 or earlier ...
Jan 11, 2021
Mexico asks U.S. to extend restrictions on non-essential land border crossings
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's foreign ministry said on Monday that it has asked the United States to extend restrictions of non-essential travel across their shared land border due the ongoing coro...
Jan 11, 2021
Israel’s Netanyahu removes Trump from his Twitter banner photo
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu dropped U.S. President Donald Trump from the banner photo of his Twitter account on Tuesday in an apparent break with a political ally facing pos...
Jan 11, 2021
U.S. hosts Taiwan in Netherlands in first visit since restrictions lifted
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador in the Netherlands has hosted Taiwan's representative to the country at the U.S. embassy, in the first publicly announced visit to a U.S. government office since...
Jan 11, 2021
Pompeo, in Tuesday speech, to accuse Iran of al Qaeda links: sources
By Humeyra Pamuk and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to use newly declassified U.S. intelligence on Tuesday to publicly accuse Iran of ties to al Qaeda...
Jan 11, 2021
Ireland to lay bare scandal of baby deaths at Church-run homes
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - An Irish inquiry into alarming death rates among newborns at church-run homes for unwed mothers will hand down its final report on Tuesday, laying bare one of the ...
Jan 11, 2021
Pompeo to visit Brussels on Wednesday to meet NATO chief: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Brussels on Wednesday to have meetings with NATO officials, the State Department said on Monday, in a trip that is expected to...
Jan 11, 2021
Gold mine explosion in China traps 22 workers underground: Xinhua
(Reuters) - Chinese authorities have dispatched rescue workers to a gold mine in the country's northeast after 22 workers were trapped underground following an explosion, Xinhua news agency reported o...
Jan 11, 2021
Mexican president details plan to weaken watchdogs
By Raul Cortes and Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday laid out plans to restructure the country's freedom of information institute, alon...
Jan 11, 2021
