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Hong Kong student faces charges of inciting secession: police
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A student arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of selling weapons online faces charges of inciting secession under a security law imposed on the city by China three months ago, a s...
Sep 25, 2020
Madrid authorities extends partial lockdown in the region
MADRID (Reuters) - The regional government of the Spanish capital Madrid extended a partial lockdown from Monday to 45 health areas of the region, affecting more than one million people, to try to rei...
Sep 25, 2020
Britain, in rare rebuke of China at U.N. rights forum, voices concern on Hong Kong, Xinjiang
GENEVA (Reuters) - Britain called on China on Friday to uphold rights and freedoms guaranteed in the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong and respect the independence of the former British colo...
Sep 25, 2020
The ventilators never came: How graft hampered Brazil’s COVID-19 response
By Gram Slattery and Ricardo Brito RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - As COVID-19 patients flooded Rio de Janeiro's public health system from early April to late May, Dr. Pedro Archer found himself making gut...
Sep 25, 2020
Russia doesn’t plan lockdowns despite increase in coronavirus cases: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia does not plan to impose severe lockdown restrictions despite a growing number of COVID-19 cases, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. Russia's daily tally of new c...
Sep 25, 2020
EU air safety head says in-flight COVID infection risks marginal
PARIS (Reuters) - The risks of air travellers catching COVID-19 on a passenger aircraft are "very marginal" provided health measures are applied, Europe's top aviation safety regulator said on Friday....
Sep 25, 2020
Czechs plan to buy air defence from Israel’s Rafael
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Defence Ministry will start talks with the Israeli government to buy a short and medium range air defence system made by Israeli state-owned supplier Rafael, the ministry ...
Sep 25, 2020
Singapore COVID-19-testing ‘SwabBot’ pushes boundaries (and nasal cavities)
By Joseph Campbell SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Seeking to improve the sometimes uncomfortable process of getting a COVID-19 test, a Singapore company has developed an automated swab-testing robot which coul...
Sep 25, 2020
Taiwan holds anti-landing drill on frontline island with China
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's armed forces have held anti-landing drills on one of its offshore islands close to China amid rising tensions with Beijing, the island's defence ministry said on Friday, sh...
Sep 25, 2020
Japan to allow foreign long-term residents in from October, PM Suga says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will allow long-term foreign residents and foreign students back into the country from October, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday. The move will mean further easing ...
Sep 25, 2020
