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BEIJING (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co’s Shanghai Disney Resort will be closed from Saturday to help prevent the spread of a flu-like virus that broke out in the Chinese city Wuhan, killing 25 people and infecting more than 800, the theme park operator said. FILE PHOTO: Fireworks explode over the Shanghai Disney Resort during the

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top State Department official has been tasked with focusing on “the integrity of multilateral institutions,” including countering “malign influences” of China and others at the United Nations, the U.S. State Department confirmed on Thursday. Foreign Policy Magazine reported on Wednesday that Mark Lambert, most recently the U.S. special envoy for North

(Reuters) – An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has killed 17 and infected nearly 600 people globally. FILE PHOTO: People wearing masks walk through an underground passage to the subway in Beijing, China January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Lee Global health authorities fear the transmission rate will

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called climate activists like Greta Thunberg “prophets of doom” at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday. By Wednesday he was lamenting not having watched the teenage activist’s speech. The gentler tone, along with a promise to join a plan to plant one trillion trees, hinted at a

FILE PHOTO: A Chinese flag flutters at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo – RC2LJE9RAKHZ BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the central government cares for the health and well-being of its Taiwan compatriots more than anyone else. Taiwan’s participation in international bodies must be

FILE PHOTO: Apple CEO Tim Cook arrives to the global premiere for Apple’s “The Morning Show” at the Lincoln Center in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., October 28, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will attend a breakfast meeting on Wednesday with Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday found key figures of the opposition Future Forward Party not guilty of opposing the country’s monarchy, an allegation that could have seen the high-profile party banned in one of several ongoing cases against it. Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit greets his supporters after Thailand’s Constitutional Court

VALLETTA (Reuters) – Another Maltese minister has quit after a paper reported links between her policeman husband and the man suspected of masterminding a journalist’s murder, the government said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a placard with a picture of Daphne Caruana Galizia during a protest demanding justice over the murder of the

KANGAROO VALLEY (Reuters) – Hard-hit businesses in Australia’s blaze-ravaged Kangaroo Valley are calling for tourists to return now that the wildfires are under control, and fear firms and jobs will be lost unless the all-clear message is heard. Hay and sweet potatoes are seen spread out on the ground for local animals as volunteers install

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Over 1,000 people marched through Moscow on Sunday in an event a Kremlin critic tried to turn into a protest against a constitutional shake-up by President Vladimir Putin, but many demonstrators chose to voice dissent about other issues instead. Yulia Galyamina, a Moscow city councillor, holds a copy of Russia’s constitution during

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Zueitina oil terminal in Zueitina, west of Benghazi April 7, 2014. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar condemned the storming of Libya’s eastern Zueitina oil export port by forces from areas controlled by the Libyan National Army (LNA), Qatar’s state news agency said on Sunday. Tribesmen in

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Dozens of people were wounded in Beirut on Saturday as security forces used tear gas and water cannons in clashes with protesters armed with tree branches and sign posts near Lebanon’s parliament. A demonstrator throws a tear gas canister during a protest against a ruling elite accused of steering Lebanon towards economic

KUALA LUMPUR/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Trade ministers from India and Malaysia are likely to meet on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos next week amid a palm oil spat between the two countries, a Malaysian government spokesman told Reuters on Friday. FILE PHOTO: A worker unloads palm oil fruits from

CHICAGO/PARIS (Reuters) – Families of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner face a complicated legal battle where backing from the victims’ governments may be crucial as they seek damages, legal experts said. FILE PHOTO: General view of the debris of the Ukraine International Airlines plane that was shot down by

FILE PHOTO: German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke LONDON (Reuters) – Germany wants to deepen trade ties with London and continue close cooperation on security and defence projects after Britain’s divorce from the European Union, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s peak tourism body estimated the country’s bushfire crisis has so far cost the industry almost A$1 billion ($690 million) and called for urgent help from the government to lure back visitors. FILE PHOTO: A wallaby eats after NSW’s National Parks and Wildlife Service staff air-dropped carrots and sweet potatoes in bushfire-stricken