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Warm shisha pipes a giveaway of COVID rules breach in London
LONDON (Reuters) - Police in London burst in on about 50 people smoking shisha pipes, watching football and playing loud music inside a cafe, a major breach of strict COVID-19 regulations banning any ...
Jan 01, 2021
From the highways to the skies: Pakistan’s famous truck art goes airborne
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's famous truck art will move from its highways to the skies, as a flying academy is painting a two-seater Cessna aircraft with the colourful ...
Jan 01, 2021
Coronavirus overshadows Japan’s New Year’s Day festivities
By Irene Wang TOKYO (Reuters) -New Year's Day is the biggest holiday in Japan's calendar, but this year's festivities have been subdued following record highs in new coronavirus cases nationwide and c...
Jan 01, 2021
Subdued Brazil New Year celebrations met with silence in COVID-19 ward
By Leonardo Benassatto SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilians saw in 2021 with fireworks under unusual social distancing measures, while in a hospital intensive care ward outside Sao Paulo, doctors tending ...
Dec 31, 2020
Locked down Berliners spark blazes with home fireworks
BERLIN (Reuters) - Banned from setting off fireworks in much of their city, some Berliners instead tried to launch them from their homes on New Year's Eve, leading to dozens of fires across the German...
Dec 31, 2020
In New Year’s speech, Taiwan president again reaches out to China
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan is ready to have "meaningful" talks with China as equals as long as they are willing to put aside confrontation, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday, offering another olive...
Dec 31, 2020
Daily coronavirus cases top 1,000 as S.Korea marks subdued New Year
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported 1,029 new coronavirus cases on Friday amid subdued New Year's celebrations. The tally was up from 967 the day before, and brought total cases to 61...
Dec 31, 2020
China reports 19 new COVID-19 cases vs 25 a day earlier
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 19 new COVID-19 cases on Dec. 31, down from 25 cases a day earlier, the national health authority said on Friday. The National Health Commission said in a statement ...
Dec 31, 2020
N.Korea’s Kim marks new year with letter, visit to rulers’ tomb
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un marked the new year with a letter to the country's citizens and a visit the tomb of his father and grandfather, state media reported, bu...
Dec 31, 2020
Australia changes National Anthem wording to reflect Indigenous history
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia amended its national anthem to remove reference to the country being "young and free" amid calls to recognise that its Indigenous people are the oldest con...
Dec 31, 2020
