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Biden meets Erdogan amid tension over defence, human rights
By Jeff Mason ROME (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden held talks with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Rome on Sunday amid a request from Turkey for F-16 figh...
Oct 31, 2021
Minneapolis voters to decide on scrapping police department, 18 months after George Floyd murder
By Brad Brooks MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Angela Harrelson points toward a blue angel painted on the pavement, marking the spot where a Minneapolis police officer murdered her nephew George Floyd and ign...
Oct 31, 2021
Analysis-Texas abortion law critics warn conservatives of unintended consequences
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As abortion providers backed by President Joe Biden's administration prepare for Monday's U.S. Supreme Court arguments in their challenge to ...
Oct 31, 2021
Armed group kills five policemen in northern Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Unidentified armed men killed five police officers in an attack on a police station in northern Burkina Faso in the early hours of Sunday, a government source and three securit...
Oct 31, 2021
U.N. representative to Sudan discussed options for mediation with Hamdok
CAIRO (Reuters) - The U.N. Special Representative to Sudan, Volker Perthes, discussed the options for mediation and the way forward for Sudan with ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday. Perth...
Oct 31, 2021
Blinken warns China against unilateral action regarding Taiwan
ROME (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday that the United States opposes actions taken by Beijing that have increased tensions across the ...
Oct 31, 2021
Explainer-Why Japan’s election is a bigger deal than it looks
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, is running in a tightrope general election https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-votes-test-new-pm-kishida-political-stability-2...
Oct 31, 2021
Factbox-Japan main party pledges in Oct. 31 election
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese voters are deciding on Sunday whether to back the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in an election that could weaken ...
Oct 31, 2021
Lebanon’s top Christian cleric calls on authorities to defuse crisis with Gulf
DUBAI (Reuters) - Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai called on the authorities on Sunday to take a "decisive step" to defuse a crisis with Gulf Arab states over critical comments made ...
Oct 31, 2021
Factbox-Five to watch: the big numbers in Japan’s general election
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, faces his first major test on Sunday as Japan holds a general election https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan...
Oct 31, 2021
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