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Indonesia reports 2,307 new coronavirus infections, 53 deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported 2,307 new coronavirus infections on Friday, taking the total number of cases in the Southeast country to 135,123, data from Indonesia's COVID-19 task force showe...
Aug 14, 2020
Hungarian opposition unites to challenge PM Orban in 2022
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's six main opposition parties will form an alliance for the 2022 election and, if they manage to unseat premier Viktor Orban, would aim to govern in a coalition, they said...
Aug 14, 2020
‘They beat everyone’: Belarus releases protesters as EU weighs sanctions
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Belarusian authorities released detained demonstrators on Friday after issuing a rare public apology in an effort to quell nationwide street protests that pose th...
Aug 14, 2020
South Korea’s Moon to focus on victims in ‘comfort women’ dispute with Japan
By Daewoung Kim CHEONAN, South Korea (Reuters) - President Moon Jae-in vowed on Friday to spotlight the plight of South Korea's last few surviving "comfort women", as those forced to work in Japan's w...
Aug 14, 2020
Poland braces for influx from Belarus after crackdown
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland is bracing for an influx of people from neighbouring Belarus after a violent crackdown on post-election protests there but wants to maintain border security, deputy foreign m...
Aug 14, 2020
Belgian hospitals stock up on drugs, kits for possible second COVID wave
By Clement Rossignol and Christian Levaux BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian hospitals are stockpiling drugs and protective kits and putting in place contingency plans amid a continuing spike in new COVID-1...
Aug 14, 2020
U.S. crackdown on Confucius Institutes demonises the program, says China
BEIJING (Reuters) - A U.S. crackdown on Confucius Institutes demonises and stigmatises the normal functioning of the program, China's foreign ministry said on Friday. The Institutes have been observin...
Aug 14, 2020
U.S. envoy to Uzbekistan urges release of detained journalist
TASHKENT (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Uzbekistan has urged the Central Asian nation and its neighbour Kyrgyzstan to set free an Uzbek journalist detained on suspicion of anonymously criticising ...
Aug 14, 2020
Militants kill two police in Kashmir ahead of India’s Independence Day
By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Militants attacked a police team in Kashmir on Friday, killing two officers and wounding one despite tight security in the disputed Muslim-majority region ahead o...
Aug 14, 2020
UK says it has no choice over quarantine for French arrivals
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain had no choice but to impose a 14-day quarantine on all arrivals from France from Saturday in order to protect public health domestically, transport minister Grant Shapps sai...
Aug 14, 2020
