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New Zealand delays election process as it plunges back into coronavirus lockdown
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday delayed a key step toward next month's general election, as the country was plunged back into lockdown af...
Aug 11, 2020
Defectors say South Korea investigations threaten North Korean ‘Underground Railroad’
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - A combination of coronavirus border closures and an unprecedented pressure campaign by a South Korean government keen to engage with North Korea may destroy networks ...
Aug 11, 2020
New Zealand PM Ardern says dissolution of parliament deferred
(Reuters) - New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday that the dissolution of parliament to make way for a general election has been deferred until Monday, following the latest COV...
Aug 11, 2020
Britain tightens online campaigning rules to protect elections
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain plans to tighten rules around online campaigning to make political parties and campaigners state more clearly who they are, the government said on Wednesday, seeking to alla...
Aug 11, 2020
Australia’s Victoria has deadliest day of coronavirus pandemic
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second-most populous state of Victoria reported on Wednesday its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic with 21 fatalities in the last 24 hours and 410 new daily case...
Aug 11, 2020
Bougainville’s youth pursue break from bloody past at presidential vote
By Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) - Young people in the South Pacific islands of Bougainville are seizing the opportunity to help reshape the future of the autonomous region of Papua New Guinea as ...
Aug 11, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro calls surging Amazon fires a ‘lie’
By Jake Spring and Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a "lie," despite...
Aug 11, 2020
Hospitals, expats blast Trump plan to block U.S. citizens over coronavirus
By Kristina Cooke and Laura Gottesdiener LOS ANGELES/MONTERREY (Reuters) - A Southern California-area hospital system, immigrant advocacy groups and Americans living in Mexico criticized on Tuesday a ...
Aug 11, 2020
Struggling live-event workers protest in Lisbon to save pandemic-hit sector
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) - Banging on their flight cases, hundreds of struggling live-event workers took over one of Lisbon's main squares Tuesday night to urge the count...
Aug 11, 2020
New Zealand parliament dissolution delayed following COVID-19 outbreak, local broadcaster 1NEWS says
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The dissolution of New Zealand's parliament to make way for a general election has been delayed following the latest COVID-19 outbreak in the country, local bro...
Aug 11, 2020
