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As COVID funeral pyres burn, India’s rural economy goes up in smoke
By Rajendra Jadhav and Swati Bhat Satara, INDIA (Reuters) - Having watched his father's funeral pyre burn by a river bank close to their farm last month, Indian sugarcane grower Dattatray Bagal and hi...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
HK police charges two Apple Daily execs with collusion with foreign country
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police charged on Friday the chief editor and chief executive of pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily with collusion with a foreign country to endanger national security. ...
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Last-ditch efforts to defuse Swedish political crisis go on, minister says
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Efforts to defuse a crisis that has left Sweden's centre-left minority government facing likely defeat in a no-confidence vote next week will carry on throughout the weekend, Fin...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
Health experts comment on infection risks for Tokyo Olympics spectators
(Reuters) - Japan is set to lower its state of emergency measures against the COVID-19 pandemic in the capital, Tokyo, and much of the country, with just over a month remaining until the start of the ...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
German military’s reputation at stake after incident in Lithuania, defence minister says
BERLIN (Reuters) - German troops accused of anti-Semitic remarks and sexual violence while on service in Lithuania are jeopardizing the reputation of the entire German military, Defence Minister Anneg...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
Singapore to allow restaurant dining with two person limit
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will allow dining at restaurants to resume from Monday under loosened coronavirus restrictions, though will limit diners to groups of two, instead of up to five as prev...
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Moscow extends coronavirus restrictions until June 29
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's capital will extend COVID-19 restrictions imposed this week until June 29, mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Friday, after a fresh spike in daily cases. The measures include ba...
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European mining stocks take shine off five straight weeks of gains for STOXX 600
(Reuters) - Mining stocks weighed on European shares on Friday, tracking a slide in commodity prices as a hawkish policy outlook from the U.S. Federal Reserve cast a dampener on the fifth straight wee...
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China tells Meituan billionaire to lie low after poem furore -Bloomberg
(Reuters) - China has advised Meituan Chairman and CEO Wang Xing to keep a low profile after he posted an ancient poem last month that sparked a social media furore and sent the food delivery firm's s...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
India’s roadside restaurateurs count cost of pandemic
By Manoj Kumar and Sunil Kataria KARNAL, India (Reuters) - Asin Sharma lies idle on a cot near his restaurant by a highway linking India's capital New Delhi with the northern state of Punjab. Few moto...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
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