BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of Thais protested on Saturday night, demanding the resignation of the government and the dissolution of parliament, challenging the coronavirus ban in large gatherings in one of the largest street demonstrations since a 2014 military coup. A protester holds a poster during a protest demanding the …
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SYDNEY / TOKYO (Reuters) – Australian states tightened borders and restricted visits to bars on Tuesday, as Disney prepared to close its Hong Kong and Japan theme park, intensifying the search as a jump in new cases of coronavirus in Asia fueled fears of a second wave of infections. FILE …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fiance Carrie Symonds received promises on Friday from four British retailers to stop selling coconut products that use labor in their production, and urged others to do the same. FILE PHOTO: Carrie Symonds, partner of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, arrives at the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A global trial designed to test whether antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can prevent COVID-19 infection, will restart after being approved by British regulators. FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist shows a box of hydroxychloroquine at CHR Center Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Liège, …
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AYUTTHAYA, Thailand / YANGON (Reuters) – Thailand and Myanmar on Friday destroyed 25 tons of illicit drugs worth more than $ 2 billion, but said the tide of drugs was growing as organized crime gangs escalated the offer and find new channels to do business. Plastic-wrapped heroin bricks are displayed …
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