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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Russia-Mongolia Border Region: GFZ
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck the Russia-Mongolia Border Region on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers, it added...
Jan 11, 2021
Britain to tighten laws on imports linked to alleged Chinese human rights abuses: Telegraph
(Reuters) - Britain will tighten the law on importing goods linked to alleged human rights abuses in China as ministers take a tougher stance on Beijing, The Telegraph reported on Monday. Foreign Secr...
Jan 11, 2021
Venezuela women’s groups halt abortion services after activist arrest
By Sarah Kinosian and Mariela Nava CARACAS (Reuters) - Women's activists in Venezuela have largely halted unofficial abortion services after the arrest of a university professor who helped a 13-year-o...
Jan 11, 2021
Guardians of Congo’s gorillas unbowed as ambushed colleague is buried
By Djaffar Al Katanty GOMA, Congo (Reuters) - A line of Congolese park rangers raised their guns in salute on Monday as the coffin bearing their colleague Burhani Abdou Surumwe, a 30-year-old father o...
Jan 11, 2021
Exclusive: Pentagon presses ahead with Afghanistan troop drawdown despite law barring it
By Jonathan Landay and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military has not halted a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Department of Defense told Reuters on Monday, despite a new law ...
Jan 11, 2021
Colombian Foreign Minister Claudia Blum tests positive for coronavirus
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian Foreign Minister Claudia Blum has tested positive for the coronavirus, she said on Monday in a message published on Twitter by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Blum said s...
Jan 11, 2021
Support for abortion jumped in Mexico last year, survey finds
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Support for abortion rose sharply in Mexico in 2020, according to a poll published on Monday, as attitudes towards the issue shift across Latin America. In Mexico, a majority R...
Jan 11, 2021
Venezuela criticises joint U.S.-Guyana naval exercises
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela on Monday criticized joint naval exercises by the United States and Guyana, with which it has a territorial dispute. Vice President Delcy Rodriguez told a news conference...
Jan 11, 2021
Afghan president expresses grief over civilian deaths in airstrike
By Orooj Hakimi KABUL/HERAT (Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday expressed grief over the deaths of civilians in an airstrike by the country's military, a move that came a day after gov...
Jan 11, 2021
U.S. imposes sanctions on Ukrainians over election interference
By Daphne Psaledakis, Raphael Satter and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on several Ukrainian individuals and entities, accusing them of U.S. electi...
Jan 11, 2021
