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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A record number of mountaineers expected on Mount Everest during the current spring climbing season has sparked fears of a traffic jam when teams make their final ascent through the “death zone” to the summit of the world’s tallest peak. Overcrowding and high numbers of relatively inexperienced climbers were …

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By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – China is bracing for a record-high travel rush over the Labour Day holiday, with popular sightseeing spots selling out of tickets and some cities warning would-be visitors away as domestic tourism rebounds after Beijing ended COVID curbs. Authorities are expecting 19 million trips to be made …

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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police have arrested a woman suspected of killing 13 people using pills laced with cyanide, saying they will widen a probe into a series of deaths that have gripped the nation. Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, 36, was charged with premeditated murder of one victim, while the other deaths were still under investigation, police …

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TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan on Friday projected the country’s core consumer price index (CPI) to rise 1.6% in the fiscal year starting in April 2025, announcing the closely watched forecast for the first time. BOJ watchers have been awaiting the forecast to gauge the central bank’s perception of whether its 2% price …

Bank of Japan projects core CPI of 1.6% in fiscal year 2025/26 Read More »

By Patricia Zengerle and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol told U.S. lawmakers on Thursday it is necessary to speed up trilateral cooperation with Japan and the United States to counter increasing North Korean nuclear threats, and said the world must not “shy away” from promoting freedom for the North. Yoon, …

South Korea leader stresses need for cooperation with Japan on North Korea Read More »

By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – When Fuminori Tsuchiko arrived in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv last year, he said he wanted to do anything he could to help people following Russia’s invasion. Moved by the plight of residents forced by Russian shelling to shelter in subway stations, the 75-year-old Japanese national from …

Elderly Japanese man opens free cafe in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Read More »