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Japan Bids Sombre Farewell to Slain Shinzo Abe, Its Longest-Serving Premier
Date: July 12, 2022
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -With prayers, flowers and flags draped in black ribbons, Japan on Tuesday said farewell to Shinzo Abe, a polarising figure who dominated politics as the country’s longest-serving premier, before being gunned down at a campaign rally last week. Crowds packed pavements lined with a heavy police presence as the hearse...
Russia Gives Exiting Firms Time by Pausing Asset Seizure Law
Date: July 12, 2022
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow’s plan to implement a new law enabling authorities to seize the assets of Western firms leaving the country failed to get through parliament before the summer recess, giving companies more time to negotiate exits. Russia’s parliamentary session ended last week without the bill being passed. That makes any progress unlikely until...
U.N. Adds Ukraine, Ethiopia, Mozambique to Children Killing Inquiry
Date: July 11, 2022
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. officials will investigate the killing and wounding of children in Ukraine, Ethiopia and Mozambique, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said on Monday in a report that found 2,515 children were killed and 5,555 maimed in global conflicts in 2021. The annual “Children and Armed Conflict” report also verified...
Protests Block North Macedonia’s Capital Over Bulgaria, EU Compromise
Date: July 8, 2022
By Fatos Bytyci SKOPJE (Reuters) – Streets in Skopje, North Macedonia, were brought to a standstill on Friday because of protests against a proposed compromise deal with Bulgaria that would finally allow the Balkan country to begin long-awaited European Union membership talks. On Friday hundreds of people parked their vehicles around government buildings in central...
In Mostly Gun-Free Nation, Japanese Stunned by Abe Killing
Date: July 8, 2022
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan struggled with shock and sadness on Friday, trying to come to terms with the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a nation where firearms are strictly regulated and political violence extremely rare. Abe was shot while giving a campaign speech on a street corner and taken to...
Exclusive-WTO Faces New Battle Over Covid Tests, Drugs
Date: July 7, 2022
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Less than a month after a hard-won deal was reached on a partial waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, a fresh battle may be looming at the World Trade Organization over extending the waiver to treatments and tests. The June deal includes an agreement to debate waiving...