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Thai minister says clampdown won’t stop as Facebook plans to fight order
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's digital minister vowed no relent on Wednesday in a crackdown on social media content deemed illegal and said it was unlikely Facebook would fo...
Aug 26, 2020
‘Polishing the gun’: China, U.S. tensions raise Taiwan conflict fears
By Ben Blanchard and Yew Lun Tian TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Numerous Chinese and U.S. military exercises, Taiwan missiles tracking Chinese fighters and plummeting China-U.S. ties make for a heady coc...
Aug 26, 2020
Indonesia reports 2,306 new coronavirus infections, 86 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 2,306 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking its total number of cases to 160,165, data published on the country's health ministry website showed. The d...
Aug 26, 2020
France to join military exercises in Eastern Mediterranean: ministry
PARIS (Reuters) - France will join military exercises with Italy, Greece and Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean from Aug. 26 to Aug. 28, the French Armed Forces Ministry said on Wednesday. The minist...
Aug 26, 2020
Dozens of migrants rescued off Greek island
ATHENS (Reuters) - Dozens of migrants have been rescued from a boat off the Greek island of Halki, the coast guard said on Wednesday, in one of the biggest operations of its kind in the country in mon...
Aug 26, 2020
Philippines confirms 5,277 new coronavirus cases, 99 deaths
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Wednesday reported 5,277 additional novel coronavirus infections, the highest daily increase in 12 days, and 99 more deaths. In a bulletin, the m...
Aug 26, 2020
Russia’s coronavirus infection tally passes 970,000
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 4,676 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, pushing its confirmed national tally up to 970,865. Authorities said 115 people had died of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours...
Aug 26, 2020
Navalny ally says only Putin could have authorised suspected poisoning
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior ally of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday he believed only President Vladimir Putin could have authorised the suspected poisoning of the outspo...
Aug 26, 2020
England schools in COVID hotspots to bring in face masks after government U-turn
LONDON (Reuters) - It will be mandatory for pupils to wear face masks in communal areas of secondary schools in England in places with local lockdowns, Britain's education minister Gavin Williamson sa...
Aug 26, 2020
Displaced Yemenis suffer as aid shortfall closes clinics
HAJJAH (Reuters) - Ahmed Mansour and his colleagues worked eight months without pay in a health centre in a Yemeni displacement camp out of concern for their patients. But this month they closed its d...
Aug 26, 2020
