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China to probe labs, farms in crackdown on illegal African swine fever vaccines
(Reuters) - China has begun a strict crackdown on the production and use of illegal African swine fever vaccines, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Tuesday, after anecdotal evidenc...
Aug 25, 2020
Climate activist Greta Thunberg back to school in Sweden
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Climate activist Greta Thunberg is back in school after a gap year in which she emerged as the voice of young people trying to save the planet from global warming and a thorn in ...
Aug 25, 2020
Three killed, 41 wounded in Taliban truck bomb in Afghanistan
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents set off a truck bomb on Tuesday in an attack on Afghan army commandos, killing three people and wounding 41, the defence ministry said, despi...
Aug 25, 2020
Police arrest Thai activist over rally calling for reform of monarchy
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Police in Thailand said they had arrested human rights lawyer Anon Nampa for a third time this month on Tuesday, to charge him for sedition over his role in a political rally where...
Aug 25, 2020
Former Bosnian Serb general Mladic appeals genocide conviction
By Toby Sterling THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic returned to a United Nations court on Tuesday to appeal his 2017 conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity...
Aug 25, 2020
Indonesia reports 2,447 new coronavirus infections, 99 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 2,447 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases to 157,859, data from the country's COVID-19 taskforce showed. The data recorded an...
Aug 25, 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo flies to Sudan from Israel
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was due to land in Sudan from Israel on Tuesday, on what he said was the first official non-stop flight between the two countries. "Happy to an...
Aug 25, 2020
Gaza in lockdown to try to contain its first COVID-19 outbreak
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - A lockdown took hold in Gaza on Tuesday after confirmation of the first cases of COVID-19 in the general population of the Palestinian enclave, whose restricted b...
Aug 25, 2020
Myanmar urged to restore internet in Rakhine to help contain virus
By Shoon Naing YANGON (Reuters) - Humanitarian workers battling the novel coronavirus in Myanmar's Rakhine State have urged authorities to restore high-speed internet access to help tackle rising infe...
Aug 25, 2020
Iran says talks with IAEA chief in Tehran were ‘constructive’: Tasnim
DUBAI (Reuters) - Talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog's chief were constructive, Iran's top nuclear official Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying on Tuesday, after meeting Rafael Grossi who travelle...
Aug 25, 2020
