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Trailblazing journalist Harold Evans dead at 92
By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Sir Harold Evans, a British-American editor whose 70-year career as a hard-driving investigative journalist, magazine founder, book publisher and author made him one of the m...
Sep 23, 2020
China bans two Australian ‘anti-China’ scholars from entering China: Global Times
(Reuters) - China has banned two 'anti-China' Australian scholars from entering the country, the Global Times newspaper reported on Thursday citing unnamed sources. The Global Times, published by the ...
Sep 23, 2020
Japan PM Suga tells South Korea’s Moon both nations need to repair damaged relations
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday he told his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in that the two countries needed to repair their damaged relations, calling Sout...
Sep 23, 2020
North Korea shot, cremated missing South Korean man: South Korea military
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea shot and cremated a missing South Korean man, South Korea's military said on Thursday, condemning and demanding punishment for those responsible. The military confirmed n...
Sep 23, 2020
Saudis warn U.N. of oil spot in shipping lane near decaying Yemen tanker
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia warned the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that an "oil spot" had been seen in a shipping transit area 31 miles (50 km) west of a decaying tank...
Sep 23, 2020
In conservative Kandahar, new gym creates safe space for Afghan women
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - In Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, rights activist Maryam Durani has found a fresh outlet for her decades of advocacy - a new fitness centre for women. D...
Sep 23, 2020
South Korean official may have been killed trying to defect to North: Yonhap
By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean fisheries official who went missing on Monday may have been shot dead by North Korean troops and later cremated after attempting to defe...
Sep 23, 2020
Venezuela’s Maduro calls on U.N. members to rally against U.S. sanctions
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday all "countries that defend peace" should rally against U.S. sanctions clamped on the South American...
Sep 23, 2020
UK PM Johnson calls on leaders to build back greener after coronavirus
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will call on other leaders on Thursday to "build back better" after the coronavirus crisis and commit to net zero emission targets. Addressing t...
Sep 23, 2020
Ivory Coast to free opposition leader’s allies in pre-vote peace gesture, spokesman says
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Seeking to calm tensions in Ivory Coast ahead of a presidential election, the authorities plan to release associates of opposition leader Guillaume Soro who have been held in deten...
Sep 23, 2020
