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Thousands more evacuate in Sydney even though heavy rains ease
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A wild storm system that has pounded several parts of Sydney with torrential rain for four days has moved away from the city, satellite images showed on Wednesday, although rivers r...
Jul 05, 2022
COVID and bust: China’s private health system hurt by tough coronavirus controls
By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) - On March 24, a court in the central Chinese city of Fuyang announced that a $1.5 billion hospital built just four years earlier had filed for bankruptcy because i...
Jul 05, 2022
UK’s Boris Johnson on the brink as ministers quit
By Michael Holden and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face questions in parliament followed by a grilling by senior lawmakers on Wednesday, with his premie...
Jul 05, 2022
Russians moving into Ukraine’s Donetsk, says regional governor
(Reuters) - Russian troops are engaged in heavy fighting and making their way into Ukraine's Donetsk region after taking control of the last two towns in neighbouring Luhansk, the regional governor of...
Jul 05, 2022
Factbox: Main parties contesting Japan’s upper house election
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan holds an upper house election on Sunday that is key to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's attempt to gain firmer control of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...
Jul 05, 2022
Factbox: The numbers to watch in Japan’s upper house elections
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is aiming for a convincing win in upper house of parliament elections on Sunday to enhance its abili...
Jul 05, 2022
Ecuador president appoints Pablo Arosemena as economy minister
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso appointed Pablo Arosemena, governor of the Andean country's Guayas province, as the new minister of economy and finances on Tuesday, hours after ...
Jul 05, 2022
Analysis-Inflation, not deflation, is now Japan’s political hot potato as election looms
By Leika Kihara and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - The rising cost of living is turning into a thorny political issue ahead of Japan's upper house election this weekend, as opposition parties peg b...
Jul 05, 2022
Tokyo school swaps fresh fruit for jelly as food prices soar
By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) - For months, Kazumi Sato, a nutritionist at a middle school in eastern Tokyo, has received notices about hikes in ingredient prices. Mindful of the economic hardships ...
Jul 05, 2022
Venezuelan police investigate indigenous leader’s murder
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan criminal investigators have launched inquiries into the murder of an indigenous leader, who was killed on June 30 in the country's southern Amazonas state, the police sa...
Jul 05, 2022
