(Reuters) – Myanmar troops fired on anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and wounding several, media said, when a Chinese-owned factory was set ablaze in the commercial capital of …
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By Pavel Polityuk, Vladimir Soldatkin KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday called on NATO to outline a path for Ukraine to join the Western military alliance, after days in which …
Read More »Gunmen free more than 1,800 inmates in attack on Nigerian prison
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – More than 1,800 prisoners are fleeing in southeastern Nigeria after escaping when heavily armed men attacked their prison with explosives and rocket-propelled grenades, authorities said. Nigerian police said …
Read More »Myanmar protesters applaud to denounce junta as region focuses on crisis
(Reuters) – Protesters in Myanmar applauded on Monday in a demonstration of dissent against the military junta as a regional bloc prepared for talks on the crisis that has killed nearly 600 …
Read More »Myanmar protesters applaud to denounce junta as region focuses on crisis
(Reuters) – Protesters in Myanmar applauded on Monday in a demonstration of dissent against the military junta as a regional bloc prepared for talks on the crisis that has killed nearly 600 …
Read More »Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny taken to sick ward, subjected to coronavirus tests – Izvestia
By Tom Balmforth, Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) – Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was taken to a sick room with symptoms of a respiratory illness and tested for the coronavirus, the Izvestia …
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By Tom Balmforth, Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) – Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday he had a high fever and severe cough, and that three of the 15 inmates in …
Read More »Half of Republicans Believe Bogus Accounts of Deadly Riots in the US Capitol: Reuters / Ipsos Poll
By James Oliphant, Chris Kahn WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Since the deadly insurrection on January 6 in the US Capitol, former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have presented false and misleading …
Read More »Total says abandoning Myanmar’s gas field would harm workers and cities
PARIS (Reuters) – French oil and gas group Total said it will not stop producing gas at its Yadana fields in Myanmar as long as operations remain safe, in part to protect …
Read More »22 Indian security members killed in Maoist attack: government official
(Reuters) – At least 22 members of the Indian security forces were killed in a central Indian state by Maoist fighters in one of the bloodiest attacks by the far-left insurgent group …
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