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China to suspend direct flights to and from the United Kingdom
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will suspend direct flights to and from the United Kingdom, Wang Wenbin, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday, citing the emergence of a new coronavirus strain. "Aft...
Dec 24, 2020
Ethiopia’s PM says forces have been sent into Benishangul-Gumuz region
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday he had deployed forces to the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, a day after gunmen killed more than 100 people in the area...
Dec 24, 2020
Scarred by 2020, Gen Z looks to a COVID-free future
(Reuters) - Lives that had been focussed on school, university, sports or even going to K-pop concerts vanished overnight for members of Gen Z as the global pandemic struck. While a lot was heard abou...
Dec 24, 2020
Anti-Myanmar hate speech flares in Thailand over virus
By Panarat Thepgumpanat, Shoon Naing and Matthew Tostevin BANGKOK (Reuters) - "Wherever you see Myanmar people, shoot them down," read one Thai comment on YouTube after a surge of coronavirus cases am...
Dec 24, 2020
Iran foreign minister dismisses Trump’s tweet that Tehran behind attack on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
(Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister on Thursday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump's allegations that Iran was behind the recent rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. "Putting your own citi...
Dec 24, 2020
Nigeria school abductions sparked by cattle feuds, not extremism, officials say
By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) - The kidnap of 344 schoolboys in northwest Nigeria had the appearance of an Islamist militant attack. There was even a video purporting to show some of the boys w...
Dec 24, 2020
Trump gives awards to top aides for Arab-Israeli deals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump gave national security awards on Wednesday to several top advisers for their role in helping broker agreements aimed at normalizing relations between Isra...
Dec 23, 2020
Singapore confirms first case of new coronavirus variant found in UK
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom, the city-state said, while 11 others who were already in quarantine had returne...
Dec 23, 2020
How South Korea’s early coronavirus success left it scrambling to contain a new wave
By Sangmi Cha, Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith INCHEON/SUWON, South Korea (Reuters) - On the fourth floor of the Incheon city hall, South Korean epidemiological investigator Jang Hanaram's office is stuff...
Dec 23, 2020
Ex-Japan PM Abe may be summoned to parliament in funding case – sources
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be summoned to parliament for questioning by lawmakers amid a row over a possible violation of election funding laws, several government...
Dec 23, 2020
