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U.N. calls for impartial probe into South Korean man killed by North Korea
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights office in South Korea called on Tuesday for an impartial investigation into the killing of a fisheries official by North Korean troops a...
Oct 06, 2020
Syria’s Assad calls Turkey’s Erdogan the ‘main instigator’ in Nagorno-Karabakh: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan of being the main instigator of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, speaking in an interview with Russia's RI...
Oct 06, 2020
Scotland to impose two-week mini lockdown from Friday: Sun newspaper
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland is to impose a two-week mini lockdown from Friday, reported the Sun newspaper, citing reports from doctors. Sources at the National Health Service told the newspaper to exp...
Oct 06, 2020
India’s coronavirus infections rise to 6.69 million
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's total coronavirus cases rose by 61,267 in the last 24 hours to 6.69 million on Tuesday morning, data from the health ministry showed. Deaths from COVID-19 infections rose...
Oct 06, 2020
Taiwan says military under pressure from China as missions mount
By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's military has launched aircraft to intercept Chinese planes more than twice as much as all of last year, the island's defence ministry said, d...
Oct 05, 2020
Singapore PM in court for defamation suit against blogger
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's prime minister arrived at court on Tuesday for a case in which he is suing a blogger for sharing an online article linking him to Malaysia's 1MBD state fund money-lau...
Oct 05, 2020
Hundreds of thousands of people shackled for mental health issues globally, Human Rights Watch says
By Paul Carsten and Angela Ukomadu ABUJA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children with mental health conditions are living chained up in roughly 60 countries, Human Rights Watch sa...
Oct 05, 2020
Cases rise in Australia’s virus hotspot, but most linked to known outbreaks
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's coronavirus hotspot of Victoria state on Tuesday reported a slight rise in new cases, but authorities sought to allay fears by saying they could link most of those infec...
Oct 05, 2020
Kyrgyz protesters break into government headquarters: media
ALMATY (Reuters) - People protesting the results of a parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan broke into government and state security headquarters early Tuesday, local news websites Akipress and 24.kg r...
Oct 05, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro hopes to appoint evangelical minister to supreme court
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday at an event with conservative evangelical Christians that he hopes to appoint an evangelical minister to the supreme court next yea...
Oct 05, 2020
