G7 countries urge independent probe into alleged rights abuses in Ethiopia’s Tigray
By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States, Germany, France and other G7 countries called on Friday for (More…)
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Officials in Japan warn of potential earthquake, that could be worse than Fukushima, is overdue
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The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 9 Nankai Trough earthquake in 30 years, (More...)World
Eerily silent Paris CDG marks Easter without air travel rush
By Tim Hepher and Christian Hartmann
PARIS (Reuters) – Easter at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport typically starts two weeks (More…)
Train crash kills 50 in Taiwan’s deadliest rail tragedy in decades
By Ann Wang
HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) – A Taiwan express train with almost 500 aboard derailed in a tunnel on (More…)
United Airlines to initially hire 300 new pilots as travel demand rebounds
(Reuters) – United Airlines on Thursday said it would hire about 300 pilots as travel demand rebounds as a rising (More…)
Ontario ‘pulling the emergency brake’ with third COVID-19 lockdown as cases rise, ICU beds fill
By Allison Martell and Moira Warburton
TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian province of Ontario will enter a limited lockdown for (More…)
Turkey’s new daily COVID-19 cases exceed 40,000, highest level yet – ministry
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey recorded 40,806 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Thursday, (More…)
New UN study shows 72 nations and $598 billion in debt payments at risk through 2025
By Andrea Shalal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic has worsened debt problems facing 72 low- and middle-income countries and (More…)
Merkel appeals to Germans to stay home for Easter to stem pandemic third wave
By Emma Thomasson
BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to Germans on Thursday to stay at home over Easter and (More…)
Suu Kyi faces new charge under Myanmar’s secrets act; wireless internet suspended
(Reuters) -Myanmar’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been charged with breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, her lawyer (More…)
Veteran Hong Kong democrats found guilty in landmark unlawful assembly case
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court found seven prominent democrats guilty of (More…)
