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Thailand to jail rights lawyer Anon Nampa, activist for bail terms breach: lawyer
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will jail human rights lawyer Anon Nampa and another activist for breaching the terms of their bail following their earlier arrests over anti-government rallies, one of th...
Sep 03, 2020
English tracing scheme shows weekly COVID-19 cases highest since May
LONDON (Reuters) - The weekly number of positive COVID-19 cases in England in late August was the highest since the end of May, the latest data from the test and trace scheme showed on Thursday. NHS T...
Sep 03, 2020
Belarusian leader Lukashenko replaces security chiefs
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has appointed new heads of the KGB security service, the security council and the state control committee amid protests and strikes over a dis...
Sep 03, 2020
Backroom deals, old-school politics help rise of Japan’s likely new premier
By Linda Sieg and Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling party has yet to vote on a successor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe but his loyal lieutenant looks set to win the post, the result of b...
Sep 03, 2020
New youth party hopes to ‘unshackle’ Malaysia from old politics
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - One of Malaysia's youngest lawmakers will start a youth-based party this month with the hope of changing a political landscape long dominated by "old hands" ...
Sep 03, 2020
Malaysia expands entry ban to U.S., UK, France pass holders
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Thursday added at least nine more countries, including the United States, Britain and France, to its list of long-term immigration pass holders to be barred from t...
Sep 03, 2020
‘Do we have enough soap?’ – children ask Norway PM about virus
OSLO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Erna Solberg told Norwegian children on Thursday she was confident a vaccine against the novel coronavirus will be found and that the disease could become one of the ma...
Sep 03, 2020
Slovak court acquits businessman in journalist’s murder; one other defendant guilty
PEZINOK, Slovakia (Reuters) - A Slovak court ruled on Thursday that an influential businessman was not guilty in the case of the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak, the presiding judge said. The court fo...
Sep 03, 2020
Climate activists glue themselves to street outside British parliament
LONDON (Reuters) - Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion group glued themselves to street entrances at the British parliament on Thursday, a Reuters reporter at the scene said. The activists...
Sep 03, 2020
Belarusian leader Lukashenko replaces heads of KGB and security council: Belta
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has appointed new heads of the KGB security service, the security council and the state control committee amid protests and strikes over a dis...
Sep 03, 2020
