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South Korea charges intelligence officers with raping North Korean defector
SEOUL (Reuters) - Two South Korean military intelligence officers have been indicted on charges of raping a North Korean defector, the South's defense ministry said on Tuesday. According to Yonhap new...
Sep 01, 2020
Macron to mark Lebanon’s centenary as nation teeters on brink
BEIRUT (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron was due to head northeast of Beirut on Tuesday to mark Lebanon's centenary by planting a cedar tree, the emblem of the Middle East nation that is co...
Sep 01, 2020
As lockdown begins, Hungary reopens borders to some eastern neighbours
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary decided to let tourists from its three East European neighbours, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia enter the country with a fresh negative coronavirus test, it said ...
Sep 01, 2020
Hong Kong begins China-led mass coronavirus testing, critics urge boycott
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong began free coronavirus testing for all residents in the Asian financial hub on Tuesday, as the mainland Chinese-led initiative faced scepticism from the city's medical ...
Sep 01, 2020
Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes near coast of Northern Chile: GFZ
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck near the coast of Northern Chile on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. It earlier showed the magnitude as 7 and 6.7, with t...
Sep 01, 2020
India’s coronavirus cases near 3.7 million
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India reported 69,921 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the lowest daily jump in six days, taking its overall caseload to 3.69 million. India, the world's second most populo...
Sep 01, 2020
‘I am Taiwanese’ Czech speaker tells parliament, likely to rile China
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The head of the Czech Senate declared himself to be Taiwanese in a speech at Taiwan's parliament on Tuesday, channelling late U.S. President John F. Kennedy's defiance of Communism ...
Aug 31, 2020
Facebook improving hate speech detection ahead of Myanmar’s 2020 election
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that it was preparing for Myanmar's 2020 election scheduled for November by improving the detection and removal of hate speech and content that incites violenc...
Aug 31, 2020
Japan LDP execs agree on simplified format to pick next PM: Nikai
TOKYO (Reuters) - Executives of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party agreed on Tuesday to hold its leadership race in a slimmed-down format to choose the successor of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo...
Aug 31, 2020
Australian government says it was not told why Australian journalist detained in China
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's trade minister Simon Birmingham said Canberra didn't know why Chinese authorities had detained Australian citizen Cheng Lei, as he warned that the risk...
Aug 31, 2020
