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Japan sets record $52 billion military budget with stealth jets, long-range missiles
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government approved a ninth consecutive rise in military spending on Monday, funding the development of an advanced stealth figh...
Dec 20, 2020
China says carrier sailed through Taiwan Strait on way to S.China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) - An aircraft carrier group led by China's newest carrier the Shandong has sailed through the Taiwan Strait on its way to drills in the South China Sea, China's navy said on Monday. ...
Dec 20, 2020
U.N. says Honduras’ hurricane losses total $1.9 bln, far below government estimate
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Hurricanes Eta and Iota have caused about 45.7 billion lempiras ($1.9 billion) in damages and losses in Honduras, according to the United Nations economic commission for the re...
Dec 20, 2020
Flights cancelled, holidays in disarray as Sydney battles pre-Christmas COVID-19 outbreak
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Dozens of domestic flights due to leave Sydney were cancelled on Monday and authorities issued more health alerts across the city, as Australia battled to contain a fresh COVID-19 o...
Dec 20, 2020
Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce partnership with food charity
(Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced Sunday that their new charity has partnered with the World Central Kitchen and its celebrity chef to feed the hungry in disaster-stricken...
Dec 20, 2020
Italy has patient with new strain of virus found in Britain
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy has detected a patient infected with the new strain of the coronavirus also found in Britain, the health ministry said on Sunday. The patient and his partner returned from the ...
Dec 20, 2020
Iraq military says outlaw group fired rockets into Baghdad’s Green Zone, no casualties
Baghdad (Reuters) - The Iraqi military said that an "outlaw group" fired rockets at Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday. The rockets hit a residential complex inside the Green Zone, damag...
Dec 20, 2020
Rockets targeting U.S. Embassy land inside Baghdad’s Green Zone – security sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least three Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the U.S. Embassy, two Iraqi security sources said on Sunday. Sirens blared f...
Dec 20, 2020
Tunisia militants behead shepherd near Algeria border
CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamist militants kidnapped and beheaded a young shepherd in mountains in Tunisia near the border with Algeria on Sunday, security sources and residents said. Troops found the body ...
Dec 20, 2020
Germany has not yet identified coronavirus mutation reported in Britain – minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has not detected the new coronavirus strain that has been identified in Britain, Health Minister Jens Spahn told public broadcaster ARD on Sunday. "It (the mutation) has not...
Dec 20, 2020
