MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is conducting military exercises to test its readiness for combat amid clashes between its ally Azerbaijan and Armenian forces, Russia’s Defense Minister told his Azeri counterpart on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu awaits a meeting of the Organizing Committee for Pobeda (Victoria) at …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Fighting erupted in and out of Taiwan’s parliament again on Friday over disputed nomination by President Tsai Ing-wen of a senior aide to a government watchdog post, which the main opposition party has qualified as cronyism. The Kuomintang (KMT) has mounted a rowdy campaign against Chen Chu’s …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – The US ambassador to Poland said the European Union’s criticism of Poland’s accession to democracy is “exaggerated” as Warsaw faces cuts in EU budget funds over its judicial reforms . FILE PHOTO: US Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher watches as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and …
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WARSAW / ROME (Reuters) – A clash between EU leaders at a summit in Brussels on Saturday threatened to derail plans for a massive stimulus fund to bring their economies hit by the coronavirus to life. “We are at a dead end now. It is more complex than expected, “Italian …
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison delayed the opening of parliament for several weeks on Saturday as the new coronavirus continued to spread through the country’s two most populous states. Morrison asked the Speaker of Parliament to cancel a two-week session that will begin on August 4, out …
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