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Taiwan proposes 10% increase in defence spending for 2021
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence spending in 2021 is set to grow 10.2% compared with this year, according to Reuters calculations from government figures released on Thursday, ramping up investment...
Aug 12, 2020
North Korea nuclear reactor site threatened by recent flooding, U.S. think-tank says
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - Satellite imagery suggests recent flooding in North Korea may have damaged pump houses connected to the country's main nuclear facility, a U.S.-based think-tank said on...
Aug 12, 2020
New Zealand scrambles to trace cluster, reporting 14 new virus cases
(Reuters) - New Zealand officials were scrambling to trace the source of an outbreak of the coronavirus, reporting 14 new cases on Thursday, as long queues of people formed to escape a renewed lockdow...
Aug 12, 2020
Australian anti-aircraft gunner recounts World War Two bombing of Darwin
By Jonathan Barrett and Jill Gralow SYDNEY (Reuters) - Lindsay Dufty remembers seeing the pilots' faces as Japanese bombers descended on Darwin in February 1942, the first ever enemy attack over Austr...
Aug 12, 2020
Mexico to phase out use of herbicide glyphosate
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico will gradually phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate by the time the current administration ends in late 2024, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesda...
Aug 12, 2020
Mexico’s confirmed coronavirus cases almost at 500,000
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Wednesday reported 5,858 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 737 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 498,380 ca...
Aug 12, 2020
Israel successfully tests Arrow-2 missile interceptor, says U.S. missile agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel successfully tested its Arrow-2 ballistic missile interceptor on Wednesday, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said. "The Arrow-2 interceptor successfully performed it...
Aug 12, 2020
Sudan boosts security in port city after 32 die in tribal clashes
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has beefed up security in Red Sea state and imposed a curfew in its main sea gateway of Port Sudan after 32 people died in recent tribal clashes, the country's interior mini...
Aug 12, 2020
Special Report: Last doctor standing – Pandemic pushes Indian hospital to brink
By Danish Siddiqui BHAGALPUR, India (Reuters) - Guards armed with rifles escort Dr. Kumar Gaurav as he makes the rounds at his hospital on the banks of the Ganges River. The guards are there to protec...
Aug 12, 2020
Australia’s Victoria reports 278 new coronavirus cases, eight deaths
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second-most populous state of Victoria on Thursday said eight people had died from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, a day after recording the deadliest day of the p...
Aug 12, 2020
