By Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will set up a committee to look into the problems gay couples face in their day-to-day life, the government told the country’s top court on Wednesday during arguments for same-sex unions to be recognised. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has opposed demands to legalise same-sex marriages, some …
India to form committee to examine problems same-sex couples face Read More »
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – More than 10,000 South Korean community doctors and certified nursing assistants went on strike on Wednesday, protesting a nursing bill they fear would hurt their jobs even as it improves nurses’ pay and working conditions. The bill, passed in parliament last week, was primarily designed to help nurses, who …
South Korea community doctors launch strike in protest over nursing law Read More »
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan is seeking U.S. cooperation to make the island’s next domestically developed fighter jet, the head of Taiwanese defence contractor Aerospace Industrial Development Corp (AIDC) said on Wednesday. Taiwan’s air force scrambles daily to see off incursions by Chinese jets into the airspace around the island as Beijing steps up its pressure …
Taiwan seeking US cooperation to make next generation fighters Read More »
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Dozens of police rescuers were scouring a remote area in northwest Nepal on Wednesday looking for five villagers who went missing after being hit by an avalanche while searching for a valuable aphrodisiac herb, an official said. Four women and one man were missing since Tuesday when an avalanche hit their camp …
Nepal police searching for five missing people after avalanche Read More »
BEIJING (Reuters) -China supports Myanmar in finding its own path to development and urges the international community to respect its sovereignty and help it achieve peace and reconciliation, China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Myanmar had been largely shunned by Western countries since its military overthrew an elected government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate …
China says Myanmar’s sovereignty should be respected Read More »
By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) -The United Nations will stay in Afghanistan to deliver aid to millions of desperate Afghans despite the Taliban’s restrictions on its female staff, but funding is drying up, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday. Guterres, speaking to the media after a meeting of envoys from more than 20 countries …
UN will stay in Afghanistan but funding is drying up, chief says Read More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has not issued invitations to King Charles’ coronation ceremony to the leaders of Russia, Belarus, Iran, Myanmar, Syria, Afghanistan and Venezuela, a British source said on Tuesday. Heads of state from other nations with whom Britain has full diplomatic ties were invited, as were representatives of British realms and overseas territories. …
Russia, Belarus, Iran, and Myanmar not invited to King Charles’ coronation – UK source Read More »
By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns said on Tuesday Washington was very concerned about China’s recent “punitive” action toward some U.S. companies, and that foreign firms are delaying investments in the country due to uncertainty about the openness of its economy. Businesses groups have warned about …
US concerned by China’s ‘punitive’ actions toward American firms Read More »
By Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India, backed by China, is trying to build a consensus within the G20 group to let countries choose a roadmap to cut carbon emissions instead of setting a deadline to end the use of fossil fuels, three Indian government officials said. India, the current G20 president, is …
ALMATY (Reuters) -A fire broke out on Monday at a gas processing plant on the Zhanazhol gas condensate field in Kazakhstan, local authorities and the company developing the field said on Tuesday. Four workers have been hospitalised with heavy burns at the facility run by Kazakh-Chinese joint venture CNPC Aktobemunaigas, the Aktobe regional government said, …
Fire breaks out at gas processing plant in Kazakhstan Read More »
