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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a meeting of the politburo of the country’s ruling Workers Party, where economic projects including the chemical industry were discussed, state news agency KCNA said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks as he takes part in a meeting of the

FILE PHOTO: Michael White, a freed U.S. Navy veteran detained in Iran since 2018, poses with U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook while on his return to the United States at Zurich Airport in Zurich, Switzerland June 4, 2020. U.S. State Department/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) – Iran is ready for further prisoner exchanges with

ROME/LONDON (Reuters) – Demonstrators in Rome held their fists in the air and chanted “No Justice! No Peace!” on Sunday, while in London people defying official warnings not to gather lay down outside the U.S. Embassy as part of a rolling, global anti-racism movement. Demonstrators hold up signs outside the U.S. Embassy during a Black

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – More than a week after Israeli police shot dead an unarmed and autistic Palestinian in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called the killing a tragedy and offered his condolences to the family. FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Alternate Prime Minister and Defence Minister Benny Gantz attend the

Chinese Science and Technology Minister Wang Zhigang attends the State Council Information Office (SCIO) briefing on the white paper about China’s fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China June 7, 2020. REUTERS/Florence Lo BEIJING (Reuters) – China will increase international cooperation if it succeeds in developing a novel coronavirus vaccine, the science and

FILE PHOTO: Chinese Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang speaks during a news conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer BEIJING (Reuters) – China will increase international cooperation if it succeeds in developing a novel coronavirus vaccine, the science and technology minister said on

FILE PHOTO: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas attends a news conference in Berlin, Germany, June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s relationship with the United States is “complicated”, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a newspaper interview, regretting the planned withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Germany. President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch mink farms have begun a government-ordered cull amid concern that animals infected with coronavirus could transmit the illness to humans. FILE PHOTO: A mink farm is seen during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Oploo, Netherlands June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo Infected mink have been found on 10

LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands took to the streets across Europe and Australia on Saturday, as did hundreds in Tokyo and Seoul, in support of days of U.S. protests against police brutality. The rolling, global protests reflect rising anger over police treatment of ethnic minorities, sparked by the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis

FILE PHOTO: A health worker wearing a protective suit arranges hospital bed at Emergency Department in the Kuala Lumpur Hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 23, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng (Corrects number of new infections to 37, not 38, and cumulative total to 8,303, not 8,304, after official change

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators face off with police in riot gear near the Capitol building, to protest Monday’s killing of African-American man George Floyd in Minneapolis by a white police officer, in Denver, Colorado, U.S., May 28, 2020 in this image obtained from social media. Courtesy of Madison Lauterbach/Ms. Mayhem Magazine/@MsMayhem_Mag via REUTERS DENVER (Reuters) –

BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Friday to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization after the U.N. agency warned governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is seen before the inauguration ceremony of a temporary field hospital, amid the

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wears a mask as he takes part in a rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian protesters chanted “Stand up to Trump!” to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he joined

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft on Friday pushed back against criticism from countries like China and Iran over the protests across the United States over racial inequality and excessive police force, challenging them to compare records. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft speaks during

FILE PHOTO: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visits the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment facilities at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa April 24, 2020. Jerome Delay/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Even as South Africa eases its coronavirus lockdown, infection numbers have started to rise quickly and President Cyril Ramaphosa said

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela’s National Assembly President and opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognised as the country’s rightful interim ruler, gestures as he speaks during a demonstration in Caracas, Venezuela March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – France denied on Friday that Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido had taken refuge at

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexicans protested against police brutality on Thursday in the second-largest city, Guadalajara, calling for authorities to be held accountable for the death in custody of a local man allegedly arrested over not wearing a face mask in public. Demonstators protest outside Jalisco State Government Palace during a protest to demand justice

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The number of new novel coronavirus infections in Mexico reported on Thursday surpassed the record set just the previous day, and officials reported 816 more deaths as the pandemic engulfs Latin America’s major nations. FILE PHOTO: Family members say their last goodbyes to their relative who died of the coronavirus disease

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy veteran detained in Iran since 2018 was freed on Thursday and was on his way back home, his family and President Donald Trump said, while an Iranian American physician will be allowed to visit Iran, his lawyer said. Michael White, a freed U.S. Navy veteran detained in Iran since

FILE PHOTO: British Business Secretary Alok Sharma arrives in Downing Street,following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, June 2, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley LONDON (Reuters) – British business minister Alok Sharma said he had tested negative for COVID-19, in a statement posted on Twitter a day after he had been taken ill inside

FILE PHOTO: British Business Secretary Alok Sharma arrives in Downing Street,following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, June 2, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a 45-minute socially distanced meeting with business minister Alok Sharma on Tuesday, a day before Sharma was taken ill and

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A top Indian civilian defence official has tested positive for coronavirus and is in home quarantine, government officials said on Thursday, as the daily rise in infections hits a new high. FILE PHOTO: Passengers stand in a queue outside a railway station to board a train after a few restrictions were

Hong Kong’s Legislative Council attend a council meeting to discuss the controversial national anthem bill in Hong Kong, China June 4, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s Legislative Council started voting on a controversial bill on Thursday that would make disrespecting China’s national anthem a criminal offence, amid heightened fears over Beijing’s

TOUBA, Senegal (Reuters) – Protestors in Dakar set tyres on fire and threw stones at security forces on Wednesday night during protests over a nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed almost three months ago because of the coronavirus pandemic. Women walk past an ambulance that was torched by crowds of youths protesting against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

BEIJING/WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) – Unrest over the death of a black man in U.S. police custody has reversed the usual tide of diplomacy over human rights, as nations stung by American criticism over the years return fire and accuse Washington of double standards. FILE PHOTO: Protesters hold placards as they rally against the death in Minneapolis

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain on Wednesday reported its first death from the coronavirus since Sunday as the government sought parliament’s backing for a final extension to the country’s state of emergency. A man wearing a mask walks past a couple on a bench at La Concha beach amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in San

FILE PHOTO: Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski speaks during a meeting with East European mayors at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, December 16, 2019. REUTERS/Tamas Kaszas/File Photo WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland picked June 28 on Wednesday as a new date for a presidential election that was cancelled last month amid the coronavirus pandemic, setting

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis leads the Pentecost Mass in the Blessed Sacrament chapel of the St. Peter’s Basilica, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Vatican, May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/Pool VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis broke his silence on the unrest in the United States on Wednesday, saying no one

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Tuesday that it had accepted a proposal from South Korea for it to temporarily fund thousands of Korean workers at U.S. bases who were put on unpaid leave this year. FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon logo is seen behind the podium in the briefing room at the Pentagon in

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – African, Cuban and Haitian migrants stranded in Honduras after borders were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic began trekking northward on Tuesday in an attempt to reach the United States, migration authorities said. African, Cuban and Haitian migrants, which are stranded in Honduras after borders were closed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19)