TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan is facing an increasingly difficult position as China pressures the democratic island to accept conditions it would become in the next Hong Kong, its top diplomat said during a visit by US Secretary of Health Alex Azar on Tuesday. Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks at …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese government-linked hackers have targeted the U.S. election infrastructure for the 2020 presidential election, White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday, indicating a more active level of heightened Chinese interference. O’Brien’s remarks appeared to go above and beyond a statement issued Friday by the …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran shuts down a newspaper on Monday after quoting a former member of the national coronavirus task force and saying the country’s toll of the epidemic could be 20 times higher than official figures, state news agency IRNA reported. PHILO PHOTO: A girl walks into a bazaar …
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(Reuters) – Global coronavirus cases hit more than 20 million on Monday, according to a Reuters census, with the United States, Brazil and India accounting for more than half of all known infections. FILE PHOTO: A health care worker checks the temperature and pulse of a resident during a coronavirus …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in the port of Beirut posed a security risk and could destroy the capital if it exploded, according to documents seen by Reuters and senior security sources. Debris will …
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