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Abe assassination raises questions about Japan’s VIP security
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Before fatal shooting, Japan’s Abe was up close with the crowd
Date: July 8, 2022
By Satoshi Sugiyama NARA, Japan (Reuters) – Moments before he was fatally shot from behind on Friday, Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was doing what he’d done for decades in politics: getting up close to the crowds and stumping for a local candidate. As is typical in Japan, where violent crime is rare and...
UK Labour’s Starmer cleared of wrongdoing after lockdown investigation
Date: July 8, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer was cleared by police of breaking COVID-19 lockdown laws on Friday, having said he would quit his job if he was fined. A day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced he would resign following a series of scandals, including repeated lockdown breaches at his Downing Street office,...
Bank of England ‘unhappy’ about rise in failed gilt repos
Date: July 8, 2022
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Bank of England regulators are concerned about an increase in the number of failed transactions in the British government bond repo market, which they said “reflected very poorly” on the City of London’s reputation. Gilt repos allow investors to temporarily exchange holdings of British government bonds for cash and...
Lawyers defending Hong Kong tycoon say they have received threats
Date: July 8, 2022
By Anne Marie Roantree and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -Barristers from a British law firm who are representing jailed Hong Kong tycoon and democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai said on Thursday they had received anonymous e-mails warning them against travelling to the city to defend him. Lai is among the most prominent people in Hong...
War dominates G20 meeting as Russia chides West’s ‘frenzied’ criticism
Date: July 8, 2022
By Stanley Widianto and David Brunnstrom NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -G20 host Indonesia urged the group’s foreign ministers on Friday to help end the war in Ukraine, as Russia’s top diplomat accused the West of scuppering a chance to tackle global economic issues with “frenzied” criticism of the conflict. The gathering in Bali was dominated...
Exclusive-Pope Francis calls steps against clerical abuse irreversible, despite resistance
Date: July 8, 2022
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has acknowledged that there is resistance by some national Catholic Churches on implementing measures to protect children from sexual abuse by clergy but said that there is no turning back on an “irreversible” path. Sexual abuse in the Church and measures to combat it were among...