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IAG shareholders propose insurance ban on projects harmful to cultural sites
(Reuters) - Shareholders of Insurance Australia Group (IAG) have put forward a resolution to guarantee it does not invest in, insure or advocate for projects that would damage natural or cultural site...
Aug 25, 2020
Greece says wants dialogue with Turkey but will defend sovereign rights
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is ready for a dialogue to help dissolve tensions with Turkey over energy resources in the Eastern Mediterranean but the country will also defend its sovereign rights, its fo...
Aug 25, 2020
Mekong River Commission urges China to work with it on data-sharing
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Mekong River advisory body urged China on Tuesday to work with its experts in sharing year-round data on the lifeline waterway for the first time, rather than Beijing keeping a s...
Aug 25, 2020
Turkey, Greece to hold rival naval drills as Germany aims to cool row
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey and Greece were set to hold separate naval drills in the same region of the eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday, escalating tensions over overlapping resource claims ahead of ta...
Aug 25, 2020
Parachutist makes world’s first jump from solar-powered plane
By Denis Balibouse PAYERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - A parachutist completed the world's first jump from a solar-powered aircraft on Tuesday after the plane soared to a height of 1,520 metres (nearly 5...
Aug 25, 2020
Belarus opposition figures in court after night in jail
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Two leaders of the opposition in Belarus appeared in court on Tuesday after a night in jail, as the government pursues a crackdown on the few figures still at lar...
Aug 25, 2020
Russia says armoured vehicle attacked during patrol in Syria: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that a Russian armoured vehicle was attacked during a joint Russian-Turkish patrol in Syria's Idlib province, the Interfax news agency repo...
Aug 25, 2020
Japan’s Shinzo Abe likely to stay on as premier, close ally says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to fulfill his tenure as head of the ruling party, and therefore premier, until his term ends in September next year, one of his closest ...
Aug 25, 2020
Kremlin says no reason for now to investigate Alexei Navalny’s illness
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday it saw no need for now to investigate the circumstances of opposition politician Alexei Navalny illness and that a German clinic's initial diagnosis of p...
Aug 25, 2020
Wild polio sufferers reflect as Africa set to be declared free of the disease
By Alexis Akwagyiram and Angela Ukomadu LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian Gbemisola Ijigbamigbe's right leg was virtually paralysed after she contracted wild polio aged 11 months. Now the 28-year-old leads a...
Aug 25, 2020
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