Washington, June 13 (IANS) Economists are warning of the growing risk of a second COVID-19 wave in the US as reopening efforts continue across the nation which currently accounts for the highest number of both
Seoul, June 13 (IANS) North Korea has said that it has lost all confidence in the South Korean government and warned of "regretful and painful" times ahead, the media reported on Saturday.
NIAMEY/PARIS, June 12 (Reuters): France launched a coalition of West African and European allies on Friday to fight jihadi militants in the Sahel region, hoping more political cooperation and special force
MANILA, JUNE 12 (IANS): Thousands of people defied the COVID-19 quarantine in Philippines on Friday to protest against the repressive measures of the Rodrigo Duterte government, especially its controversial ant
NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters): U.N. chief Antonio Guterres called on all countries on Friday to designate seafarers and other marine personnel as key workers, warning that travel restrictions to combat the c
LONDON, June 12 (Reuters): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday it was "absurd and shameful" that a statue of Winston Churchill was at risk of attack by activists, his strongest st
PARIS, June 12 (Reuters): French police marched in protest along the Champs Elysees boulevard to the interior ministry in Paris on Friday, accusing the government of scapegoating law enforcement agencies a
BANGKOK, June 12 (Reuters): Protesters in the Thai capital held a small rally outside the prime minister's offices on Friday urging authorities to investigate the suspected kidnapping of an exiled acti
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Hiding from Myanmar's police, journalist Aung Marm Oo refuses to conceal his anger with the civilian government led by Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as his country prepares for an election late
BANGKOK, June 12 (Reuters): A single mother in Thailand is doing brisk business out of face shields with characters from cartoons, games and sci-fi movies, hoping to cash in and promote safety for children
SKOPJE, June 12 (Reuters): North Macedonia's president lifted a state of emergency on Friday that was introduced to contain the coronavirus, a move that paves the way for a parliamentary election.
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TOKYO, June 12 (Reuters): Japan aims to launch a smartphone app based on technology from Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google next week to help curb the spread of coronavirus by tracking close contact w
MINSK, June 12 (Reuters): The leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, on Friday accused his political rival Viktor Babariko of corruption but denied trying to block Babariko from standing against him
WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters): The Trump administration plans to reinterpret a Cold War-era arms agreement between 34 nations with the goal of allowing U.S. defense contractors to sell more American-made d
BEIJING, June 12 (Reuters): Beijing shut six major wholesale food markets on Friday and delayed plans for some students to return to school after China's capital reported new coronavirus infections for
NEW YORK, June 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): The coronavirus pandemic has put millions of children at risk of being pushed into underage labor, reversing two decades of work to combat the practice and p
WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters): President Donald Trump on Thursday authorized U.S. economic and travel sanctions against International Criminal Court employees involved in an investigation into whether Amer
JERUSALEM, June 12 (Reuters): Israel cannot expect to normalise relations with the Arab world if it annexes land in the occupied West Bank, a United Arab Emirates envoy wrote in Israel's top newspaper
LONDON, June 12 (Reuters): Fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections grew on Friday with a record daily increase in India, warnings against complacency in Europe and word from half a dozen U.S. states
HONG KONG, June 12 (Reuters): The Hong Kong government and China's foreign ministry branch in the city hit back on Friday at a report by Britain criticising Beijing's plans for national security le