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Key party in Malaysia’s ruling alliance calls for election after pandemic
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The biggest party in Malaysia's ruling alliance has called for an election to be held once the coronavirus pandemic is over, as Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin grapples with a...
Oct 29, 2020
In Tibet, China preaches the material over the spiritual
By Yew Lun Tian LHASA, China (Reuters) - Dzekyid, a 54-year-old barley farmer, presents himself as a role model for his neighbours and for the success of China's efforts to tie economic development to...
Oct 29, 2020
Argentina, Mexico delay IDB board meeting to vote on new leaders
By Andrea Shalal and Dave Graham WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico and Argentina have delayed a key meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank until after the Nov. 3 U.S. election, deliver...
Oct 29, 2020
New Zealand approves euthanasia, set to reject recreational marijuana
By Colin Packham (Reuters) - New Zealand has provisionally voted to legalise euthanasia but is on course to reject law changes that would allow recreational marijuana use, the country's Electoral Comm...
Oct 29, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says fresh COVID lockdown measures are ‘crazy’
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a longtime critic of stay-at-home measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic, said on Thursday that it was "crazy" for countries to star...
Oct 29, 2020
Timeline: Myanmar’s troubled recent past, ahead of November 8 polls
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar goes to the polls on Nov. 8 in its second general election since the end of full military rule in 2011. Here is a timeline of some key events in the nation's recent rocky hi...
Oct 29, 2020
Profile of Aung San Suu Kyi ahead of Myanmar’s election
(Reuters) - Aung San Suu Kyi leads her National League for Democracy (NLD) party to the polls on Nov. 8 in Myanmar's second general election since the end of full military rule in 2011. Here are some ...
Oct 29, 2020
North Korea says shooting death of South Korean man was self-defensive measure
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said the shooting death of a South Korean man in its waters last month was a self-defensive measure amid concerns about the spread of the novel coronaviru...
Oct 29, 2020
Wary of security issues, Japan’s government moves to shut China out of its drone supply chain
By Kaori Kaneko and Izumi Nakagawa TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan may effectively shut off China from supplying drones to its government to protect sensitive information, according to six people in governmen...
Oct 29, 2020
Brazil prosecutors file appeal against BHP, Vale dam compensation deal
By Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian federal prosecutors on Thursday filed a lawsuit contesting a compensation package for victims from a 2015 collapsed dam jointly owned by mining giants...
Oct 29, 2020
