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By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's largest lawyer body will vote on its governing council on Tuesday, an annual event made fraught this year by the city-state's national security law, ...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States has decided against the idea of using its largest overseas military bases in South Korea and Japan to house Afghan refugees temporarily, two sources...

By Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The top U.N. human rights official said on Tuesday that she had received credible reports of serious violations committed by the Taliban in Afghan...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The 2020 Paralympic Games will kick off in Tokyo with the opening ceremony on Tuesday as Japan struggles with its worst COVID-19 outbreak so far, record daily cases and an overwhelme...

BEIJING (Reuters) - COVID-19 booster shots should become available in China after the country vaccinates more people to provide broader protection against the disease, a senior executive at a Sinophar...

By Yuddy Cahya Budiman JAKARTA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Afghan refugees protested in Indonesia on Tuesday against a prolonged resettlement process, saying they needed to be offered new homes now that r...

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Even as the annual central bank festival at Jackson Hole approaches - all online again like so many other live events in the time of COVID - hedge funds rem...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 18,833 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, including 1,105 in Moscow, which took the national tally to 6,785,374. The Russian coronavirus task force said 794 more deat...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's coming rules for protecting critical information infrastructure are not aimed at firms involved in foreign trade or those planning overseas listings, and all firms must be...

By Nandita Bose SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris met company executives in Singapore on Tuesday to discuss supply shortages of essential items that have plagued the Biden admini...