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TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly eight decades after Japan's defeat in World War Two, Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine remains a potent symbol of its wartime legacy in East Asia and a flashpoint for regional tension. ...

By Marcelo Rochabrun and Roxanne Liu LIMA/BEIJING (Reuters) - A two-dose COVID-19 vaccine from China's Sinopharm was 50.4% effective in preventing infections in health workers in Peru when it was seei...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdish militants launched a mortar attack on a Turkish military base in northern Iraq on Thursday, wounding a Turkish soldier who later died in hospital, Turkey's Defence Ministr...

By Natalie Thomas and Lucy Marks WOBURN SANDS, England (Reuters) - Jude Walker, an 11-year-old boy, is on an odyssey he hopes will help save the planet: he is walking to London from northern England i...

By Melanie Burton and Kate Lamb MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's mining industry is bracing for a government inquiry that is expected to shed light on sexual harassment in the country's mineral-rich ...

(Reuters) - Spectators will not be allowed to attend qualifying rounds at this month's U.S. Open in New York because of health and safety reasons amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Tennis A...

By Daniel Leussink and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's export boom extended into in July but consumer prices likely fell, a Reuters poll showed, highlighting the divergence between manufacturer...

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban have captured Afghanistan's second biggest city of Kandahar, officials said on Friday, in the most significant setback for the U.S.-backed government since the insurgents...

By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy will grow this quarter at a much slower pace than previously expected as a resurgence in coronavirus infections is hurting the momentum for a recov...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Olam International, one of the world's biggest agricultural commodity traders, is looking to raise about 2 billion pounds ($2.76 billion) through the IPO of its food ingredients ...