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S.Korea holds key election for city, province chiefs in early test for Yoon
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - About 44 million South Koreans headed to polls to elect mayors and provincial governors on Wednesday, in races seen as an early test for new President Yoon Suk-yeol a...
Jun 01, 2022
Russian forces push closer to centre of Ukraine’s Sieverodonetsk-UK defence ministry cites intelligence
(Reuters) - Russian forces pushed closer to the centre of Ukraine's Sieverodonetsk as the fighting intensified over May 30-31, Britain's defence ministry said on Wednesday. "Over half of the town is l...
Jun 01, 2022
Israeli troops shoot knife-wielding Palestinian woman in West Bank, army says
HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - A knife-wielding Palestinian woman threatened an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank and was shot on Wednesday, the army said, and a local hospital said she died of...
Jun 01, 2022
Swiss veto Danish request to send Ukraine armoured vehicles – TV
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government has vetoed Denmark's request to send Swiss-made armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine, citing its neutrality policy of not supplying arms to conflict zones, Sw...
Jun 01, 2022
Myanmar military, coup opponents trade blame after deadly bus stop blast
(Reuters) - State media in Myanmar on Wednesday blamed "terrorists" opposed to military rule for a deadly bomb blast at a bus stop in its biggest city of Yangon, an accusation denied by members of an ...
Jun 01, 2022
Tonga says discussed debt with China ForMin, Australia’s Wong to visit
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong will travel to the remote Pacific island of Tonga on Friday, days after her Chinese counterpart visited and discussed Tonga's heavy debts to B...
May 31, 2022
Cambodian opposition rises from the ashes ahead of local elections
By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Speaking from the back of a pickup truck decked out with campaign posters and loudspeakers, veteran politician Son Chhay is determined to convince voters that ...
May 31, 2022
Singapore’s de-facto national dish in the crossfire as Malaysia bans chicken exports
By Chen Lin and Mei Mei Chu SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Singapore is bracing for a shortage of its de-facto national dish, chicken rice, as major supplier Malaysia halts all chicken exports fro...
May 31, 2022
Shanghai lifts lockdown, but residents wary COVID curbs can return
By Brenda Goh and Jason Xue SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai sprung back to life on Wednesday after two months of bitter isolation under a ruthless COVID-19 lockdown, with people driving cars again or cr...
May 31, 2022
Blaze at Peru’s Las Bambas copper mine as tension rises
LIMA (Reuters) - A fire broke out on Tuesday in Peru's massive Las Bambas copper mine, a source told Reuters, amid clashes between police and an indigenous community that has occupied space there for ...
May 31, 2022
