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Indonesia air force sends plane to repatriate citizens from Afghanistan
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The air force of Indonesia will bring home 15 of its citizens from Afghanistan, its foreign ministry said on Friday, amid chaos and uncertainty in the country after the hardline Is...
Syndicated Content Aug 20, 2021
U.S. evacuates about 3,000 from Kabul airport on Thursday
(Reuters) - The United States evacuated about 3,000 people from Afghanistan's Kabul airport on Thursday, a White House official said. "The United States evacuated approximately 3,000 people from Hamid...
Syndicated Content Aug 20, 2021
For bank regulators, tech giants are now too big to fail
By Iain Withers and Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - More than a decade on from the financial crisis, regulators are spooked once again that some companies at the heart of the financial system are too big...
Syndicated Content Aug 20, 2021
Harris faces task of convincing Asia of U.S. reliability after Afghan chaos
By Nandita Bose and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris, in a visit to Singapore and Vietnam next week that aims to counter China's growing influence, will have to con...
Syndicated Content Aug 20, 2021
Sport-China’s National Games to host spectators
(Reuters) - Organisers of the National Games in China's Shaanxi Province said they will allow spectators at the multi-sport event providing they are vaccinated against COVID-19 and test negative 72 ho...
Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2021
Japan to ramp up COVID-19 tests as it battles worst wave of infections
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to dramatically ramp up daily COVID-19 tests, borrowing from anti-contagion measures used in the recent Tokyo Olympics, as it battles its worst wave of inf...
Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2021
Several countries, organisations reaching out to Taliban leaders to seek help in evacuation-Taliban official
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban cadres are allowed to accompany Afghan civilians entering mosques for weekly Friday prayers, a Taliban official told Reuters on Friday. The official also said several countri...
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China passes new personal data privacy law, to take effect Nov. 1
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's National People's Congress on Friday officially passed a law designed to protect online user data privacy and will implement the policy starting November 1,...
Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2021
NATO pledges to speed evacuations from Afghanistan as criticism mounts
KABUL (Reuters) - More than 18,000 people have been flown out of Kabul since the Taliban took over Afghanistan's capital, a NATO official said on Friday, pledging to redouble evacuation efforts as cri...
Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2021
Afghan karate champion fears it’s game over for female athletes
By Heru Asprihanto and Johan Purnomo CISARUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Afghan karate champion Meena Asadi pounds the heavy bag as part of her training routine, but she fears female athletes still in her ...
Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2021
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