British newspaper distribution hit by Extinction Rebellion blockade - Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Distribution of several British newspapers was disrupted on Saturday after climate change activists blockaded printworks used by Rupert Murdoch’s News UK, publisher of The Times and The Sun, drawing condemnation from Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Extinction Rebellion said nearly 80 people had blocked roads leading to two
Suspected gas blast kills 17 worshippers in Bangladesh mosque - Reuters
DHAKA (Reuters) - A suspected gas pipeline explosion at a mosque in Bangladesh killed 17 people and injured dozens as worshippers were about to end their prayers, officials said on Saturday.
The blast, which fire service officials suspect was caused by a leak from a gas pipeline, occurred on Friday night at a mosque in Narayanganj district, just outside the capital Dhaka.
At least 37 people were rushed to Dhaka’s specialist burn and plastic-surgery hospital, most of them with severe burns, doctors said.
UPDATE 1-Japan's Suga signals ultra-easy monetary policy to continue - Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a frontrunner to be the next prime minister, said he would like the central bank to continue its ultra-loose monetary policy as the economy is still struggling with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
In an interview that ran
Russia reports 5,205 new coronavirus cases - Reuters
MOSCOW, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Russia reported 5,205 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, pushing its national tally to 1,020,310, the fourth largest in the world.
Authorities said 110 people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 17,759. (Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Polina Ivanova; Editing by Catherine Evans)
India and China agree to ease tension on border - Reuters Canada
India defense ministry says agreed with China to ease tension on border - Reuters
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and China said on Saturday they had agreed to work towards reducing tensions along their contested border, following a meeting of the defense ministers of the nuclear-armed Asian giants.
Both sides deployed additional forces along the frontier running through the western Himalayas after a clash in June, during which 20 Indian soldiers were
China's CNBG, Sinovac find more countries to test coronavirus vaccines - Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - China National Biotec Group (CNBG) and Sinovac Biotech Ltd said on Saturday four more countries have agreed to run late-stage clinical tests of their coronavirus vaccine candidates, as China steps up its efforts in the global race.
Serbia and Pakistan are among the new countries agreeing to Phase 3 trials, as the two companies seek more data overseas amid dwindling new cases in China.
Serbia will test two vaccines developed by CNBG’s Wuhan and Beijing units, and Pakistan will test the Beijing unit’
Sri Lanka navy holds blazing supertanker off east coast - Reuters
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s navy said on Saturday it was holding an abandoned supertanker off its east coast as it continued to work to put out a blaze on the