TAIPEI, September 15 (Reuters): The Vatican has asked Taiwan not to worry about the extension of a deal between the Vatican and China on the appointment of bishops as it was a religious matter and not a di
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NEW YORK, September 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out progress on lofty goals such as ending world poverty and hunger in the next decade, but the economic damage of CO
JAKARTA/BOGOR, Indonesia, September 15 (Reuters): When the coronavirus pandemic forced Indonesian schools to shut, it exposed how millions of households in the Southeast Asian country still had no access t
Passengers of a flight from Paris wearing protective face masks arrive at the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens on June 15. As the Indonesian government gears up to reopen tourist destinatio
GENEVA, September 14 (Reuters): The World Health Organization's emergencies chief said on Monday that we need to fundamentally rethink our relationship with the elderly after huge losses to COVID-19 in
KIGALI, September 14 (Reuters): Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide, declined to plead on Monday to all the 13 charges facing him, demanding he be a
ABUJA, September 14 (Reuters): Mal Shehu Ladan took a boat across what was, until this month, a growing rice paddy. Now, like thousands of hectares of rice in Nigeria's Kebbi state, it is under wa
BRUSSELS, September 14 (Reuters): European Union leaders told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday to open up markets, respect minorities and step back from a crackdown in Hong Kong, also asserting that
WASHINGTON, Sepember 14 (Reuters): Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earth's inhospitable nei
LONDON, September 14 (Reuters): A collective failure by political leaders to heed warnings and prepare for an infectious disease pandemic has transformed "a world at risk" to a "world in disorder
TOKYO, September 14 (Reuters): Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a loyal aide to outgoing prime minister Shinzo Abe, won a landslide victory in a ruling party leadership election on Monday,
HENDERSON, Nev., September 14 (Reuters): President Donald Trump held a Nevada campaign rally at an indoor venue on Sunday despite public health professionals' warnings against large indoor gatherings d
TBILISI, September 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): From planting more trees to saving on energy use in old buildings, governments should look at greening their cities to create jobs and spur growth as the
MOSCOW, September 14 (Reuters): President Alexander Lukashenko flew to Russia on Monday to entreat his patron, Vladimir Putin, for more support as a crackdown on the opposition in Belarus showed no si
ZURICH, September 14 (Reuters): Countries should join the World Health Organization's (WHO) COVAX vaccine facility by a Friday deadline to help ensure that immunizations are fairly and efficiently
LONDON, September 14 (Reuters): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will try to persuade rebellious lawmakers in his party to vote on Monday for a bill that will break international law by breaching parts
KABUL, September 14 (Reuters): Khan Agha has endured years of violence in Kunduz, but it was the Taliban's attack on the strategic city in northeastern Afghanistan, as the government and insurgent
MANILA, September 14 (Reuters): Experts described as dangerous and premature on Monday the Philippines' decision to cut the social distancing minimum to 30 centimetres (12 inches) on public transp
GENEVA, September 14 (Reuters): The U.N. human rights chief said on Monday that three years after a Rohingya exodus "no concrete measures" on accountability had been taken by authorities and said
BANGKOK, September 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): After the coronavirus outbreak hit Indonesia, charity worker Harry Machmud in May asked volunteers to map handwashing stations across the sprawling
