China formalizes sweeping electoral shake-up for Hong Kong, demands loyalty
By Yew Lun Tian and Clare Jim
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China finalized a sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral (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
Leaders of 23 countries back pandemic treaty idea for future emergencies
GENEVA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Leaders of 23 countries and the World Health Organization on Tuesday backed an idea to create an (More…)
Biden does not intend to meet with North Korea’s Kim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden does not intend to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the (More…)
Spain’s rising COVID-19 rate gathers pace
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s coronavirus infection rate rose by more than 10 since Friday, with 15,500 cases added to the (More…)
EU official urges Greece to investigate asylum-seeker pushbacks
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece “can do more” to investigate allegations that it is pushing asylum-seekers, including children, back to Turkey, (More…)
Thailand denies forcing back Myanmar refugees blocked at border
By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat
MAE SARIANG, Thailand (Reuters) – Thai authorities on Monday denied forcing back more than (More…)
Philippines sees 10,000 new COVID-19 cases as tight curbs return to capital
By Neil Jerome Morales
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines passed the 10,000 mark for new daily coronavirus infections for the (More…)
Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines highly effective after first shot in real-world use, -U.S. study
By Ankur Banerjee and Vishwadha Chander
(Reuters) – COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc with BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc (More…)
Dying in line: Brazil’s crunch for COVID-19 intensive care beds
By Stephen Eisenhammer
PIRATININGA, Brazil (Reuters) – José Roberto Inácio spent much of his life ferrying the sick and injured (More…)
Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after stranded ship refloated
By Yusri Mohamed, Nadine Awadalla and Aidan Lewis
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Shipping traffic through Egypt’s Suez Canal resumed on (More…)
