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South Korea coronavirus outbreak adds new stress to gruelling, eight-hour exam
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - From avoiding family members to skipping extra study at "cram schools", the coronavirus has forced nearly half a million South Korean test-takers and proctors to rethin...
Dec 02, 2020
With no Lebanese political progress, France pushes aid meeting
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron will seek to revive a French initiative on Lebanon when he hosts an international aid conference on Wednesday, but with the country's fractiou...
Dec 02, 2020
From hijabs to cosplay, Indonesian finds calling in cat fashion makeovers
By Yuddy Budiman Cahya BOGOR, Indonesia (Reuters) - It may not be haute couture, but former Indonesian school teacher turned tailor Fredi Lugina Priadi has found a lucrative market for his cat fashion...
Dec 01, 2020
Bushfires threaten tourist areas on Australia’s Fraser Island
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian fire crews are battling massive bushfires on Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island, which have been burning for six weeks, forcing tourists to flee the island of...
Dec 01, 2020
Parliamentarians from 18 countries urge HK to intervene in China detention case
HONG KONG (Reuters) - More than 150 parliamentarians from 18 countries have called on Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to intervene to ensure justice for 12 people, the youngest of who is 16, who have been...
Dec 01, 2020
Australia’s prime minister sends WeChat message to Chinese diaspora in spat
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison has used Chinese social media platform WeChat to criticise a "false image" of an Australian soldier posted on Twitter by the Chinese govern...
Dec 01, 2020
U.N. Security Council unlikely to act on Iran scientist killing, diplomats say
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just hours after the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist, Tehran demanded the United Nations Security Council condemn the killing and take action against those respon...
Dec 01, 2020
Argentine prosecutors raid home of Maradona’s psychiatrist in probe
By Ramiro Scandolo BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine investigators raided the home of Diego Maradona's psychiatrist on Tuesday, the latest twist in a probe into the soccer legend's death last week, w...
Dec 01, 2020
Russia arrests suspected ‘Volga Maniac’ linked to 26 killings
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police arrested a man on Tuesday suspected of killing 26 elderly women, sometimes posing as a social worker to enter their homes before strangling them and stealing their va...
Dec 01, 2020
Germany uncovers suspected far-right “Reichsbuerger” in armed forces
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany military intelligence has opened an investigation into eight civilian employees of the armed forces suspected of belonging to the far-right "Reichsbuerger" movement that den...
Dec 01, 2020
