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Japan PM to decide on tourism campaign as approval rating plummets over virus
By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga could further restrict a much-criticised travel subsidy programme in an effort to contain coronavirus infections, local media sa...
Dec 13, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro approval rating stays at highest level during pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's approval rating remains at its highest level since he took office in 2019, despite the country experiencing the world's secon...
Dec 13, 2020
British author John le Carré dies aged 89
(Reuters) - British author John le Carr, writer of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Night Manager, has died aged 89, his literary agent said late on Sunday. "It is with great sadness that I must shar...
Dec 13, 2020
ESwatini’s prime minister, who tested positive for COVID-19, dies
(Reuters) - ESwatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini, who tested positive for COVID-19 four weeks ago, has died at age 52 after being hospitalised in neighbouring South Africa, the tiny absolute monarc...
Dec 13, 2020
Shoppers flood Italian cities as government debates Christmas curbs
By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) - Crowds flooded the streets of several Italian cities on Sunday, forcing police to close off popular sites such as Rome's Trevi fountain, while the government debated ...
Dec 13, 2020
Lebanon’s collapse is like the Titanic’s sinking, only without the music: Le Drian
PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Lebanon's political and economic collapse was like the sinking of the Titanic, only without the music. "Lebanon is the Titanic without...
Dec 13, 2020
Pakistan’s opposition to lead march to capital in bid to oust PM Khan
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The leaders of an anti-government alliance urged tens of thousands of supporters at a rally on Sunday to join a march to the Pakistani capital next mon...
Dec 13, 2020
11 migrants found dead off of Venezuela’s eastern coast
CARACAS (Reuters) - Eleven people believed to have traveled from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago were found dead in waters near the South American nation's coast, Trinidad and Tobago's coast guard sa...
Dec 13, 2020
Iran jails British-Iranian researcher for nine years for subversion: report
DUBAI (Reuters) - A court in Iran has handed a nine-year jail sentence to British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady, after convicting him of conducting "subversive" research work, the semi-official...
Dec 13, 2020
Chinese dams under U.S. scrutiny in Mekong rivalry
By Kay Johnson and Matthew Tostevin BANGKOK (Reuters) - A U.S.-funded project using satellites to track and publish water levels at Chinese dams on the Mekong river was launched on Monday, adding to t...
Dec 13, 2020
