BEIJING, (Reuters) – China suspended issuing short-term visas in South Korea and Japan yesterday, after announcing it would retaliate against countries that required negative COVID-19 tests from Chinese travellers.
JAKARTA, (Reuters) – Indonesia’s anti-graft agency arrested the outspoken governor of its restive easternmost Papua province yesterday, officials said, after accusing him of accepting bribes in return for infrastructure contracts.
KAMPALA, (Reuters) – A court in Uganda yesterday quashed a section of a communications law that has been used to prosecute government critics, journalists and writers, including two who fled to exile in Germany, its judgment said.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Countries should consider recommending passengers wear masks on long-haul flights to counter the latest Omicron subvariant of COVID-19 given its rapid spread in the United States, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said today.
JAKARTA, (Reuters) – Indonesia’s anti-graft agency arrested the outspoken governor of its restive easternmost Papua province today, officials said, after accusing him of accepting bribes in return for infrastructure contracts.
NEWQUAY, England, (Reuters) – Britain’s attempt to become the first European nation to launch satellites into space ended in bitter disappointment early yesterday when Virgin Orbit said its rocket had suffered an anomaly that prevented it from reaching orbit.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart aim to make progress on strengthening economic integration, combating drug cartels and managing immigration yesterday, even as friction over Mexico’s energy policies weighs on joint cooperation.
KYIV/SIVERSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russia has stepped up a powerful assault on Soledar in eastern Ukraine, officials in Kyiv said, forcing Ukrainian troops to repel waves of attacks led by the Wagner contract militia around the salt mining town and nearby fronts.
LIMA/JULIACA, (Reuters) – At least 12 people died following clashes in Juliaca in southern Peru, the regional health ministry said yesterday, after a resumption of protests demanding early elections and the release of jailed former President Pedro Castillo.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran’s judiciary has sentenced three more anti-government protesters to death on charges of “waging war on God”, its Mizan news agency reported today, defying growing international criticism over its fierce crackdown on demonstrators.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – Pakistan said today that donors had committed to give more than $8 billion to help it recover from last year’s devastating floods in what is seen as a major test for who pays for climate disasters.
TAIPEI/BEIJING, (Reuters) – Taiwan condemned China today for holding its second military combat drills around the island in less than a month, with the defence ministry saying it had detected 57 Chinese aircraft.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded and defaced the country’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court yesterday, in a grim echo of the U.S.
(Reuters) – A Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk missed its targets and there were no obvious signs of casualties, a Reuters reporter said on Sunday, after Moscow claimed the strike killed 600 Ukrainian soldiers.
EL PASO, Texas, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden visited the U.S.-Mexico
HONG KONG/BEIJING, (Reuters) – Travellers streamed into China by air, land and sea today, many eager for long-awaited reunions, as Beijing opened borders that have been all but shut since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Kevin McCarthy woke up yesterday morning with a long-held dream fulfilled: After a four-day standoff, he was elected speaker of the U.S.
(Reuters) – Iran hanged two men yesterday for allegedly killing a member of the security forces during nationwide protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini on Sept.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Six journalists in South Sudan have been detained over the circulation of footage showing President Salva Kiir appearing to wet himself at an official event, the national journalists union said yesterday.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Tears of joy streamed down worshippers’ faces as Ukraine’s main church celebrated a “return” to Kyiv’s Cathedral of the Assumption on Orthodox Christmas day, shortly after taking control of it from a rival church with alleged ties to Russia.
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