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Chongqing mayor under investigation by China's anti-graft watchdog
BEIJING, March 20 (Reuters) - Hu Henghua, mayor of Chongqing, a municipality in southwestern China, was being investigated over suspected "serious" violation of law and discipline, China's top anti-gr...
Mar 20, 2026
Work from home, avoid air travel to deal with higher energy prices, IEA says
PARIS, March 20 (Reuters) - The International Energy Agency (IEA), which this month agreed a record release of oil from strategic stockpiles to deal with the effects of the U.S-Israeli war with Iran, ...
Mar 20, 2026
Some 50 hurt in fire at car parts factory in South Korea, Yonhap says
SEOUL, March 20 (Reuters) - A fire at a car parts factory in the South Korean city of Daejeon has injured 50 people, 35 of them seriously, the Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday. The National Fire ...
Mar 20, 2026
Philippines accuses Chinese navy ship of 'alarming' radar lock on its vessel
MANILA, March 20 (Reuters) - The Philippine military accused a Chinese navy ship of directing its fire-control radar against one of its vessels as it patrolled the South China Sea on March 7, calling ...
Mar 20, 2026
Analysis-'Great crackdown': Russia tightens the screws on the internet
MOSCOW, March 20 (Reuters) - Office workers toiling with blocked internet. Teenagers continually forced to switch VPNs. Taxi drivers struggling to find their way around Moscow without online navigatio...
Mar 20, 2026
Joint statement on Strait of Hormuz by European nations, Japan, Canada
LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Leading European nations, Japan and Canada issued a joint statement on Thursday saying they were ready to join appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strai...
Mar 19, 2026
Nashville reporter arrested by US ICE has been released, her legal team says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - A Colombian reporter working for a Spanish-language news outlet who was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Nashville in earl...
Mar 19, 2026
China poses pressing threat, deterrence needed to avert invasion, Taiwan says
TAIPEI, March 20 (Reuters) - China poses a pressing threat given its military build-up continues unabated and effective deterrence is needed to make sure any attack would be very risky for Beijing, Ta...
Mar 19, 2026
Australian mosque protesters heckle PM Albanese over Israel stance
By Christine Chen SYDNEY, March 20 (Reuters) - Protesters heckled and booed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday during a visit to Australia's largest mosque for Eid al-Fitr prayers, voicing ange...
Mar 19, 2026
Indonesian billionaire Michael Bambang Hartono dies at 86
JAKARTA, March 20 (Reuters) - Michael Bambang Hartono, an Indonesian billionaire who with his younger brother ran one of the country's biggest conglomerates, Djarum group, died on Thursday at the age ...
Mar 19, 2026
