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Sri Lanka says has ‘better control’ over new fire in oil tanker
By Arjuna Ranawana COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has "better control" over a fresh fire on a loaded supertanker off the island nation and is looking for any signs of potential oil leaks from the ship....
Sep 08, 2020
Marble quarry collapse in remote Pakistan kills at least 17
By Jibran Ahmed PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A collapse at a marble quarry in a remote area of Pakistan on Monday has killed at least 17 people, and 11 others are missing, police said, adding that t...
Sep 08, 2020
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi vows victory in election as campaign starts despite virus surge
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi launched her re-election bid on Tuesday ahead of polls set for November, vowing victory at a scaled-down ceremony in the capital after her original p...
Sep 08, 2020
In new book, British teen climate activist urges peers to ‘Challenge Everything’
By Fraser Simpson LONDON (Reuters) - Blue Sandford turned 17 in a police cell. Last year, she began an indefinite school strike. Now, the British environmental activist has written a book for fellow t...
Sep 08, 2020
Indian army says Chinese troops fired in the air in border stand-off
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Tuesday rejected Chinese allegations of violating border agreements and accused Chinese troops of firing in the air during a face-off on their tense de facto border. "It...
Sep 08, 2020
Hong Kong eases some coronavirus curbs, allows gatherings of four
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will expand the size of public gatherings to four people and re-open more sports venues from Friday as the Asian financial hub relaxes strict curbs against a third wave...
Sep 08, 2020
Belarusian protest leader and allies cross border into Ukraine, official says
(Reuters) - Three Belarusian opposition politicians, including protest leader Maria Kolesnikova, who disappeared on Monday, have passed border control at the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, an official o...
Sep 08, 2020
Japan’s Suga says coronavirus a top priority, to stay on Abe policy course
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's chief cabinet secretary, Yoshihide Suga, a frontrunner to be the next prime minister, said on Tuesday he would expand testing capacity to fight the coronavirus pandemic and p...
Sep 08, 2020
India records highest coronavirus deaths in more than a month
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India recorded its highest daily deaths from the coronavirus in more than a month on Tuesday, even as new infections slowed, data from the health ministry showed. The health ministr...
Sep 08, 2020
Eyeing China, Taiwan urges alliance against ‘aggressive actions’
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on Tuesday for an alliance of democracies to defend against "aggressive actions" and protect freedom, alluding to Chinese actions in the South C...
Sep 08, 2020
