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Indian farmers start hunger strike to pressure Modi on reforms
By Manoj Kumar (Reuters) - Farmers leaders sought to step up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to repeal three agricultural reform laws on Monday by starting a 24-hour relay hunger strike. Modi...
Dec 21, 2020
Macron: France needs to step up vigilance over COVID situation
PARIS (Reuters) - France needs to step up its vigilance regarding the COVID-19 situation in the country, given the emergence of a new strain of the virus in the United Kingdom, President Emmanuel Macr...
Dec 21, 2020
Archaeologists recreate tiles of temple where Jesus walked
By Rinat Harash JERUSALEM (Reuters) - When Jesus strode through the ancient Jewish temple in Jerusalem, his feet met hewn-stone, earth-tone tiles that were geometric in design and cool, dappled and sc...
Dec 21, 2020
Relatives of HK dozen detained in China ask for adequate trial notice
By Katherine Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) - Relatives of some of the 12 Hong Kong people captured by China at sea as they tried to flee by boat asked authorities on Monday to give them 20-days' notice of...
Dec 21, 2020
UK cut off from Europe over fears about new COVID strain
DOVER, England (Reuters) - The United Kingdom was on Monday shut off from much of Europe after its closest allies cut transport ties due to fears about a new strain of the coronavirus, sowing chaos fo...
Dec 21, 2020
Rains give West African herders brief respite amid growing heat
By Alessandra Prentice LINGUERE, Senegal (Reuters) - Fari Sow bent over to pick a green shoot from what is normally parched earth at this time of year, tearing its leaves to show their freshness. "Tha...
Dec 21, 2020
Asia monitoring new UK strain, no flights cancelled yet
By Sayantani Ghosh SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Battling their own surges in coronavirus cases, Asian nations including Japan and South Korea said they were closely monitoring a new super virulent strain of ...
Dec 21, 2020
Nepal PM’s ‘constitutional coup’ challenged in court
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Opponents of Nepal's prime minister turned to the Supreme Court on Monday to challenge his dissolution of parliament and the calling of an election, denouncing it...
Dec 21, 2020
Trial delayed for Australian writer detained in Beijing on spying charges -supporter
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The trial of Australian writer Yang Hengjun, detained in Beijing since January 2019, has been delayed by three months, according to his former teacher and a supporter Feng Chongyi. ...
Dec 21, 2020
Hong Kong court rules mask ban constitutional for all public meetings
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's highest court on Monday ruled the city's government had the right to invoke colonial-era emergency powers last year to ban the wearing of masks at all public processi...
Dec 20, 2020
