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China welcomes WHO-led trip to investigate COVID-19, WHO official says
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Thursday that China had welcomed an international team of investigators into COVID-19 expected to travel to the country in early January. Ba...
Dec 16, 2020
Fiji under curfew, state of disaster as Cyclone Yasa approaches
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Fiji government ordered a nationwide curfew on Thursday, including a ban on public transportation, with a potentially devastating cyclone expected to unleash powerful winds and ...
Dec 16, 2020
Singapore’s foodie “hawker” culture given UNESCO recognition
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's tradition of communal dining at hawker centres, open air food courts popularised by celebrity chefs and hit films such as 'Crazy Rich Asians', has been re...
Dec 16, 2020
S.Korea reports record daily rise in coronavirus deaths
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported a record number of coronavirus deaths on Thursday as the country's largest wave of infections strains hospitals and contact tracers. The Korea Disease Control an...
Dec 16, 2020
Antarctica rocked by 30,000 tremors in 3 months, Chilean scientists say
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - More than 30,000 tremors have rocked Antarctica since the end of August, according to the University of Chile, a spike in seismic activity that has intrigued researchers who study...
Dec 16, 2020
Brazil Senate clears hurdle for foreign ownership of rural land
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Brazilian Senate unexpectedly approved a bill late on Tuesday to facilitate the purchase and leasing of rural properties in Brazil by foreign nationals or f...
Dec 16, 2020
Sudan says officers ambushed by Ethiopian ‘forces and militias’ during patrol
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's armed forces said on Wednesday that a number of its officers had been ambushed by "Ethiopian forces and militias" during a security patrol of the border region. "During th...
Dec 16, 2020
U.S. charges Kenyan militant with researching 9/11-style airplane hijacking
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday they had charged a Kenya-born militant with terrorism-related offenses, including conspiring to hijack aircraft for a 9/11-s...
Dec 16, 2020
China moon probe lands back on Earth -state media
(Reuters) - China's Chang'e-5 moon probe has landed in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, the official Xinhua news agency reported, completing its return to Earth and bringing back the fir...
Dec 16, 2020
Romanian top court overturns ban on gender identity studies
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Constitutional Court overturned on Wednesday a blanket ban on gender identity studies voted through by lawmakers and which rights groups and universities said would inf...
Dec 16, 2020
