HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam was once again on high alert for the coronavirus after medical officials in the central city of Danang detected the country’s first case of local transmission for three months. FILE PHOTO: A health worker sprays disinfectant inside a bus to ward off the recent coronavirus outbreak, …
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia has joined the United States in claiming that China’s claims in the South China Sea do not comply with international law in a statement that is likely to anger China and put further pressure on deteriorating relations. The United States this month rejected China’s claims about …
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Signs of farm “revolution” in India as coronavirus causes change
RAIPUR JATTAN, India / SINGAPORE (Reuters) – For more than two decades, Indian farmer Ravindra Kajal cultivated rice in the same way as his ancestors: every June he flooded his fields with water before hiring an army of farmers to plant seedlings for rice. FILE PHOTO: Workers work in a …
Read More »American aircraft carriers return to the South China Sea amid mounting tensions
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Navy USS Nimitz aircraft carrier receives fuel from the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe during an ongoing replenishment in the South China Sea on July 7 2020. US Navy / Christopher Bosch / Brochure via REUTERS. HANOI (Reuters) – For the second time …
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