BEIJING (Reuters) – Global coronavirus cases topped 10 million on Sunday according to a Reuters count, marking a major milestone in the spread of respiratory disease that has so far killed nearly half a million people in seven months. A health worker collects a swab sample from a man during …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that Washington was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese officials responsible for restricting freedoms in Hong Kong, but did not mention any of the targets. FILE PHOTO: United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gives a press conference on …
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FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the weekly debate at Question Time in Parliament, in London, Great Britain, on June 24, 2020, in this screenshot taken from the video. Parliament TV / Reuters TV via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will be ready to give up its transition …
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For Jennifer Tsui, the impending national security law agreed last month by the Chinese legislature looks like Hong Kong’s “real” return to China. When Hong Kong returned from British sovereignty to Chinese sovereignity on July 1, 1997, Tsui, then a student, was apprehensive, but his concerns dissipated when things seemed …
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FILE PHOTO: A police officer stands guard next to a truck loaded with the wreckage of Pakistan International Airlines plane PK8303, in Karachi, Pakistan, May 28, 2020. REUTERS / Akhtar Soomro / File Photo ISLAMABAD / KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s national airline has written to foreign missions and global …
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