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Red Cross trains thousands of North Koreans to help cope with coronavirus, floods

Red Cross trains thousands of North Koreans to help cope with coronavirus, floods

SEOUL (Reuters) – The Red Cross has trained 43,000 North Korean volunteers to help communities, including the locked-down city of…
Extreme poverty rises; a generation sees a future slip away

Extreme poverty rises; a generation sees a future slip away

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — As a domestic worker, Amsale Hailemariam knew from the inside out the luxury villas that…
Why choice of running mate matters more than usual this year

Why choice of running mate matters more than usual this year

NEW YORK (AP) — For all the secrecy and speculation that typically surrounds the search for a vice presidential candidate,…
China sends fighter jets as US offers Taiwan ‘strong’ support

China sends fighter jets as US offers Taiwan ‘strong’ support

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese air force jets briefly crossed over the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait on Monday and were…
Trump signs coronavirus relief orders after talks with Congress break down

Trump signs coronavirus relief orders after talks with Congress break down

EDMINSTER, N.J. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Saturday partly restoring enhanced unemployment payments to the tens…
New Zealand marks 100 days of virus elimination

New Zealand marks 100 days of virus elimination

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand on Sunday marked 100 days since it stamped out the spread of the…
Riot declared as fire burns in Portland police union offices

Riot declared as fire burns in Portland police union offices

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A fire inside a police union building led authorities in Portland, Oregon, to declare a riot…
North Korea brings aid supplies to border town under lockdown: state media

North Korea brings aid supplies to border town under lockdown: state media

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s ruling party has delivered special aid packages of food and medical equipment to residents of…
Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US A-bombing

Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US A-bombing

TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Sunday marked its 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, with…
US response to the virus is met with incredulity abroad

US response to the virus is met with incredulity abroad

ROME (AP) — The United States’ failure to contain the spread of the coronavirus has been met with astonishment and…
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