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Norway’s King Harald to undergo heart surgery
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's King Harald will undergo surgery this week to replace a heart valve, the royal palace said in a statement on Thursday. The 83-year-old monarch, who does not have formal polit...
Oct 08, 2020
Iran reports record high 4,392 new coronavirus cases: health ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has registered a record high 4,392 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 488,236, the Health Ministry reported on Thursday. Ministry spokeswoman Sima S...
Oct 08, 2020
Japan fishermen oppose ‘catastrophic’ release of Fukushima water to ocean
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese fish industry representatives on Thursday urged the government not to allow the release at sea of tonnes of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, saying it wo...
Oct 08, 2020
American poet Louise Gluck wins Nobel literature prize
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - American poet Louise Gluck won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature for "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal", the Swedish A...
Oct 08, 2020
Thailand delays hosting of first foreign tourists since April
By Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is pushing back plans to receive its first batch of foreign tourists due to administrative issues, a senior official said on Thursday, adding to unc...
Oct 08, 2020
U.N. calls for halt to clashes near Yemen’s Hodeidah port
ADEN (Reuters) - The United Nations on Thursday called for an immediate end to clashes near Yemen's main port of Hodeidah after a surge in fighting that sources said have killed dozens of people despi...
Oct 08, 2020
Valuable stolen Mao Zedong scroll found cut in half in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A stolen Chinese calligraphy scroll written by Chairman Mao Zedong and estimated to be worth millions of dollars has been found in Hong Kong, police said on Thursday, after it wa...
Oct 08, 2020
‘Be one with the fish’ aquarium yoga among Hong Kong Ocean Park’s new offerings
By Joyce Zhou and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - Against the vivid backdrop of a giant aquarium filled with sharks, manta rays and other aquatic life, a yoga group on Thursday performed side plank...
Oct 08, 2020
Azeris and ethnic Armenians fight new clashes before Geneva talks
By Nvard Hovhannisyan and Nailia Bagirova YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces fought new clashes in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Thursday, before the United Sta...
Oct 08, 2020
Louis Vuitton, Volvo tapping Thai social commerce via Line chat app
By Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) - Luxury fashion and auto brands in Thailand have turned to selling their products on Japanese chat app Line amid the coronavirus pandemic, tapping the country...
Oct 08, 2020
