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As Pompeo visits ex-Soviet Georgia, thousands protest over election results
By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) - Thousands of Georgians unhappy over the way a recent parliamentary election was held took to the streets of the capital Tbilisi on Wednesday as U.S. Secretary ...
Nov 18, 2020
Taiwan to shut down China-friendly tycoon’s news channel
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan refused on Wednesday to renew the license of a news channel widely seen as pro-China, effectively shutting it down, citing evidence of interference from a Beijing-friendly ty...
Nov 18, 2020
Hungary vetoed EU budget because of immigration ‘blackmail’, says PM Orban
By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary vetoed the European Union's 2021-2027 budget and post-coronavirus recovery fund because they would have forced it to accept immigration, Prime Minister Vik...
Nov 18, 2020
Armenian PM, under pressure to quit after Karabakh defeat, unveils action plan
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday unveiled a six-month action plan he said was designed to ensure his country's democratic stability even as the make-up of the g...
Nov 18, 2020
Iran feeds uranium gas into advanced centrifuges underground -IAEA report
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has begun feeding uranium hexafluoride (UF6) gas feedstock into the advanced IR-2m uranium-enriching centrifuges installed at its underground plant at Natanz, a U.N. nuclear wa...
Nov 18, 2020
Spain confident EU will find solution to Hungary, Poland opposition to recovery package
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Wednesday she was confident the European Union would find a solution to overcome opposition from Hungary and Poland to the adoption of...
Nov 18, 2020
Ethiopia pushes for Tigray capital, denies ‘ethnic bias’
By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian forces pushed towards the capital of the rebel Tigray region on Wednesday, ignoring international appeals for talks to end the conflict and denyi...
Nov 18, 2020
Tokyo reports record daily virus cases, outbreak locks down Australian state
By Rocky Swift and Hyonhee Shin TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) - Daily coronavirus cases in Tokyo and South Korea hit fresh highs on Wednesday, as pollution-cloaked New Delhi struggled with rising cases and Au...
Nov 18, 2020
Thai lawmakers vote on constitutional change in face of protests
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Petra Mahira BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai members of parliament voted on Wednesday on options for changing the constitution, with most of them opposed to a demand from proteste...
Nov 18, 2020
Bahrain government delegation heads to Israel on Gulf Air flight: flight radar
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain's first official government delegation headed to Israel on Wednesday on the first Gulf Air commercial flight to Tel Aviv, as the two countries look to broaden cooperation aft...
Nov 18, 2020
