MINSK / KYIV (Reuters) – With a bunch of flowers and surrounded by clapping supporters, Belarus’s most famous writer has given a powerful voice to the opposition against President Alexander Lukashenko, even though she has so far barred a leadership role. nobody. FILE PHOTO: The 2015 Nobel Prize winner for …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Stock markets struggled for direction on Friday as investors worried about a lack of detail in the US Federal Reserve’s policy change, while Japanese markets were awakened when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sacked for health reasons. FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian in the offices of the London Stock …
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TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) – Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen promised Friday to defend the island with a “solid” air force when she launched a US-backed maintenance center for the island’s fleet of upgraded F-16s. fighters amid growing tensions between Taipei and Beijing. The aircraft of the Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) flies …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have arrested at least 10 people after intercepting a boat off the coast of southern Guangdong province, the provincial Coast Guard said in a post on its social media site. Hong Kong Police Commissioner Chris Ping-keung Tang to attend news conference in Hong Kong, …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian prosecutors said on Thursday they saw no need for a criminal investigation into the sudden illness of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who poisoned his supporters’ suspicions, and found no sign of any crime. . FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny delivers a speech at a …
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