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Beluga whale stuck in River Seine to be moved to saltwater tank on Tuesday
PARIS (Reuters) - A beluga whale which has been stuck for days in France's River Seine, far from the arctic or subarctic waters where it normally lives, will be moved to a saltwater tank on Tuesday fo...
Aug 09, 2022
New Zealand’s endangered kakapo parrot gets a big population boost
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The population of New Zealand's kakapo, an endangered flightless parrot, has increased 25% in the last year to 252 birds following a good breeding season and suc...
Aug 09, 2022
Escaping Shanghai’s COVID lockdown only to get trapped in Hainan
By Josh Ye (Reuters) - Brian Hall fled Shanghai in June to avoid another lockdown of his residential compound, escaping to China's tropical tourist island of Hainan where he could work remotely as a p...
Aug 09, 2022
S.Korea, China foreign ministers to discuss N.Korea, K-pop
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of South Korea and China will hold talks on Tuesday as Seoul explores ways to reopen denuclearisation negotiations with North Korea and resume c...
Aug 09, 2022
Russia launches Iranian satellite into space under shadow of Western concerns
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian rocket carrying an Iranian satellite successfully launched into space on Tuesday as Moscow and Tehran seek to build closer ties in the face of Western sanctions. The remot...
Aug 09, 2022
Russia continued to reinforce defence in southern Ukraine over weekend, UK says
(Reuters) - Russia continued to focus on reinforcing its defences in southern Ukraine over the weekend, while also maintaining attacks on Kyiv's positions in the Donetsk region in the east, Britain sa...
Aug 09, 2022
Away from Gaza, Islamic Jihad digs in against Israel on West Bank
By James Mackenzie and Ali Sawafta JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) - For the masked gunmen in Jenin refugee camp, Israel's unannounced strike against Islamic Jihad in Gaza on Friday can have come as little...
Aug 09, 2022
Two more grain ships sail from Ukraine, Turkey says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Two more grain-carrying ships have sailed from Ukraine's Chornomorsk port on Tuesday, Turkey's defence ministry said, as part of a deal to unblock Ukrainian sea exports. The Ocean...
Aug 09, 2022
China military: continue to hold drills around Taiwan on Tuesday
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army said on Tuesday that it continued to hold military drills and exercises in the seas and airspace around the isla...
Aug 08, 2022
Chinese, Taiwanese navy boats hold close to Strait median line on Tuesday -source
TAIPEI (Reuters) - About 20 Chinese and Taiwanese navy boats held close to the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday morning, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. The source said some Ch...
Aug 08, 2022
