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Pompeo says U.S. ambassador to U.N. will visit Taiwan
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The United States ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft will visit Taiwan, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Kim ...
Jan 07, 2021
Pompeo says U.S. considering sanctions on those involved in arrests in Hong Kong
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States was considering sanctions and other restrictions on those involved in the arrest of over 50 people in Hong Kong. Pompeo made the ...
Jan 07, 2021
Australia urges China to give access to WHO coronavirus experts ‘without delay’
By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) - China should give access to World Health Organization (WHO) officials investigating the origins of COVID-19 "without delay", Australia's Foreign Minister Marise P...
Jan 07, 2021
Japan calls for limited emergency declaration as COVID-19 cases surge
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government on Thursday proposed declaring a one-month state of emergency limited to Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures effective from Jan. 8 to Feb. 7. Ahead of a ...
Jan 06, 2021
Mexico shares Biden focus on migration’s root causes, ministry says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's team shares its vision of international aid and economic development for Central America to ac...
Jan 06, 2021
China reports 63 new coronavirus cases in mainland vs 32 a day earlier
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 63 new COVID-19 cases on Jan. 6, the country's national health authority said on Thursday, nearly doubling from a day earlier amid a spike in new local inf...
Jan 06, 2021
North Korea’s Kim vows to boost military capabilities at rare party congress
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would expand military capabilities to better defend the country, state media reported on Thursday, during a rare party congress as the country...
Jan 06, 2021
Canada to vaccinate federal inmates against COVID-19 starting Friday
By Anna Mehler Paperny and David Ljunggren TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will start inoculating its federal prison inmates against COVID-19 starting Friday, protecting a vulnerable population that...
Jan 06, 2021
Scaling roofs and mountains, Philippine students battle to take online classes
By Eloisa Lopez MANILA (Reuters) - Since the pandemic forced him into remote learning, 10-year-old Jhay Ar Calma has often had to climb on to the corrugated iron roof of his home in a poor neighbourho...
Jan 06, 2021
First Minister Sturgeon facing pressure to postpone Scottish election: The Telegraph
(Reuters) - First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is under pressure to postpone the Scottish election after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said polls in England due to take place on the same day in May...
Jan 06, 2021
