SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police arrested six people on Tuesday and ordered 50 others to disperse after meeting in Sydney for a Black Lives Matter protest despite an official ban due to the coronavirus pandemic. Police officers issue fines to protesters, after police closed a demonstration that was deemed illegal, …
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was sentenced to serve up to 12 years in prison after a Kuala Lumpur court found him guilty of corruption in the first of several cases involving the alleged theft of billions of dollars from the state fund, 1MDB. Tuesday’s …
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BEIJING (AP) – The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention says he was injected with an experimental coronavirus vaccine in an attempt to persuade the public to do the same when approved. “I am going to reveal something undercover: I was injected with one of the …
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(Reuters) – A rapid decline in the US dollar is reverberating around the world, adding fuel to a rebound in global momentum that has fueled prices for everything from tech stocks to gold. FILE PHOTO: Four thousand US dollars are counted by a bank counting currency at a bank in …
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FILE PHOTO: A logo is displayed at the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. REUTERS / Denis Balibouse GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday against complacency about new coronavirus transmission in the northern hemisphere summer, saying that this virus …
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