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Japan’s TV Asahi takes back report that prosecutors questioned ex-PM Abe
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's TV Asahi said on Friday a report that it broadcast saying prosecutors had questioned former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over political funding was untrue and apologized to him....
Dec 18, 2020
Mexico records lowest number of murders in nearly three years
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico recorded the lowest number of murders in the month of November in nearly three years, Mexican officials announced on Friday, but 2020 could still narrowly surpass last y...
Dec 18, 2020
U.S. charges China-based Zoom executive with disrupting Tiananmen video commemorations
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Friday charged a China-based executive at Zoom Video Communications Inc with involvement in a scheme to disrupt video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversa...
Dec 18, 2020
Re-elected Ghana President Akufo-Addo faces hung parliament
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo faces a hung parliament after the opposition clinched the last undeclared seat on Friday, potentially complicating his ability to implement economic m...
Dec 18, 2020
Bosnia prosecutors to investigate origin of icon gifted to Russia’s Lavrov
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnian prosecutors said on Friday they would investigate whether a 300-year-old icon presented as a gift by the Bosnian Serb leader to Russia's visiting foreign minister may have...
Dec 18, 2020
Turkey-backed fighters clash with Kurdish forces in north Syria town
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian fighters backed by Turkey waged battles on Friday against Kurdish forces near the town of Ain Issa in northern Syria, where Russian and Turkish troops jointly patrol a key hi...
Dec 18, 2020
Four arrested for Sept. 25 Paris knife attack, source says
PARIS (Reuters) - Four people have been arrested in France as part of an investigation into a knife attack in Paris on Sept. 25, a judicial source said on Friday. The source told Reuters that one of t...
Dec 18, 2020
Mauritius shipping disaster caused by lack of attention to safety – owner
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nagashiki Shipping said on Friday the grounding of one of its large bulk carriers that caused an ecological disaster in Mauritius was due to a lack of safety awareness and a ...
Dec 18, 2020
Sweden to allow underwater investigation of Estonia wreck site
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden said on Friday it would allow an underwater examination of the ferry Estonia, which sank in the Baltic 26 years ago with the loss of 852 lives, after a documentary film sh...
Dec 18, 2020
Senior Chinese diplomat Wang says U.S. should replace sanctions with dialogue
(Reuters) - The United States should choose dialogue and consultation with China instead of pursuing "unacceptable" unilateral sanctions against Chinese companies, China's State Councillor and foreign...
Dec 18, 2020
