SYDNEY (Reuters) – The second-most populous state in Australia, Victoria, reported the deadliest day of the COVID-19 outbreak on Sunday, with 17 people dying, when police planned a planned anti-mask rally in the capital Melbourne lost. FILE PHOTO: Federation Square is seen without people after Melbourne, Australia, returned to a …
Read More »Lebanese calls for an uprising to protest rock Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Some Lebanese called for an ongoing uprising on Sunday to assassinate their leaders amid public outrage over this week’s devastating explosion in Beirut, and the country’s top Christian Maronite church said the cabinet should resign to take. A man walks past a truck that caught fire during …
Read More »New Zealand PM Ardern launches ‘COVID election’ campaign promising jobs
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Saturday launched her re-election campaign promising a “laser-like” focus on boosting jobs and economic growth hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. PHOTO PHOTO: Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern during a news conference prior to the anniversary of the mosque …
Read More »India to stop 101 military imports in push for self-defense: Minister
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India will stop importing 101 items of military equipment in an effort to boost domestic defense production, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday. PHOTO PHOTO: Indian Minister of Defense Shri Rajnath Singh speaks to the media following the US-India Ministerial Dialogue 2 + 2 in 2019 …
Read More »US health chief arrives in Taiwan on trip condemned by China
TAIPEI (Reuters) – US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar arrived in Taiwan on Sunday as the top US official to visit in four decades, a trip condemned by China claiming the island as its own, Sino-US continues irritating relationships.
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