MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that the Russian Navy would be armed with hypersonic nuclear attack weapons and submarine nuclear drones, which the defense ministry said were in their final phase of testing. Putin, who says he doesn’t want an arms race, has often spoken of …
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HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam is evacuating 80,000 people, mostly local tourists, from the Danang tourism hub after three residents tested positive for the coronavirus over the weekend, the government said on Monday. The Southeast Asian country is on high alert after the government confirmed its first infections in the community …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain unveiled plans to tackle an “obesity time bomb” on Monday, banning television and online ads for junk food before 9 p.m. M. FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Great Britain on July 22, 2020. REUTERS / Hannah Mckay / File …
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SHANGHAI / BEIJING (Reuters) – The global ambitions of Huawei Technologies founder Ren Zhengfei are marked in brick and mortar at a new company campus in southern China, where the buildings are replicas of European cities. FILE PHOTO: Employees are seen after a day of work at the new Huawei …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of Thai protesters sang a jingle of Japanese cartoons on Sunday with taunts mocking the government as hungry hamsters feast on taxpayer money, part of a new youth protest movement that they say are using whimsical tactics for serious purposes. Thai youth have been challenging the …
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