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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday that China was seeking to steal U.S. technology by “any means necessary” and the law enforcement agency has about 1,000 … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reiterated his support for a U.S. Middle East peace plan and a two-state solution in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin … Read More

By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) – The world’s biggest humanitarian aid operation will be scaled-down next month in Houthi-controlled Yemen, because donors and aid workers say they can no longer … Read More

By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s opposition leader renewed a call to have treason charges against him dropped on Thursday, saying there was no evidence to prove … Read More

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Jhon Jairo Velasquez Vasquez, who worked for Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar and said he participated in some 300 murders, died on Thursday, the government said. Velasquez, … Read More

BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia should accept the European Union’s proposed changes to the way it admits new countries, which could smooth the path toward membership for Balkan countries, President Aleksandar … Read More

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Lawyers for Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo argued on Thursday that he should be released without conditions while awaiting the prosecution’s appeal against his acquittal … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – China has achieved “positive” results in its prevention and control efforts in fighting the new coronavirus, President Xi Jinping told Saudi Arabia’s King Salman by telephone, China’s … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Scotland’s finance chief has resigned after a newspaper report that he had sent hundreds of messages to a 16-year-old boy. Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay, 42, apologized … Read More

By Marafeale Mohloboli MASERU (Reuters) – The wife of Lesotho’s prime minister was freed on bail overnight ahead of her trial for the murder of his previous wife, her lawyer … Read More