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By Clare Jim HONG KONG, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Mingling with power brokers at the Chinese Communist Party's centenary celebrations in 2021, a beaming Hui Ka Yan betrayed no sign of the pressure mounting o...

(Corrects day to Thursday) DUBAI, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Iran executed a man on Thursday over charges related to January's nationwide protests, state media reported. State media identified the person as Q...

By Crispian Balmer AMATRICE, Italy, Aug 20 (Reuters) - In the early hours of August 24, 2016, Giorgio Cortellesi stumbled through the dust and darkness of Amatrice, fearing his children were dead, bur...

By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY, Aug 20 (Reuters) - A New Zealand party that could hold the balance of power after this year's election wants to bring in a basic income for almost all residents that will be fu...

Aug 20 (Reuters) - Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the surrounding region with airstrikes and drones, hitting facilities producing drone components, a military depot and a logistics hub...

TAIPEI, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Taiwan's government on Thursday proposed an 18% rise in defence spending for next year, including for drones and missiles, taking it above T$1 trillion ($31.41 billion) for ...

By Kyu-seok Shim and Jack Kim SEOUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) - South Korea estimates North Korea possesses between 80 and 120 nuclear warheads, its defence minister said on Thursday, citing a range significa...

By Clare Jim and David Kirton HONG KONG/SHENZHEN, China, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The founder of China Evergrande Group, the world's most-indebted property developer, was sentenced to life in prison by a Ch...

HANOI, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Vietnam's government has proposed abolishing the death penalty for six offences, including drug trafficking and the rape of minors, as part of a revision of the country's cri...

Aug 20 (Reuters) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was "dragging Turkey into dangerous adventures in Syria", Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday, following an attack on a Syri...