(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Samar, Philippines region on Thursday, the European Mediterranean Siesmological Centre said. The earthquake was at a depth of 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) below the earth’s surface, EMSC said. (Reporting by Rahat Sandhu in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)
BANGKOK (Reuters) – One of 12 boys dramatically rescued after two weeks trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018 has died in Britain where he was attending a soccer academy, his former teacher said on Wednesday. Duangpetch Promthep, better known as “Dom”, was captain of the “Wild Boars” team whose seemingly impossible extraction …
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By Enrico Dela Cruz and Adrian Portugal MANILA (Reuters) – Putting quality over profit during inflationary times, Manila restaurant manager Ely Cundangan has refused to mess with her signature beef marrow stew – the same amount of onions must go in the pot no matter what. “Our ingredients have become so expensive that we are …
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By Martin Quin Pollard and Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – Hundreds of retirees took to the streets in the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Dalian on Wednesday to protest cuts to medical benefits, according to residents and social media posts, following widespread demonstrations last year over COVID curbs. In the central city of Wuhan, hundreds …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Separatists in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have released images that they say show a New Zealand pilot taken hostage last week is in good health, but pledged he would not be freed until authorities acknowledge the independence of the area. The pilot, Philip Mehrtens, who flew a plane operated by airline Susi …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -The pilot of a Yeti Airlines plane which crashed in Nepal killing 71 people said before the crash there was no power from the aircraft’s engines, a preliminary investigation report said on Wednesday. The plane crashed just before landing in the tourist city of Pokhra on Jan. 15 in one …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea may have launched a military unit tasked with operating new intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in line with its recent restructuring of the military, state media video footage suggested. During a nighttime parade last week, North Korea showcased multiple ICBMs that are large enough to strike nearly anywhere …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Visitors to Japan climbed to nearly 1.5 million in January, the national tourism agency said on Wednesday, showing an accelerating recovery in tourism after the government scrapped COVID-19 curbs in October. The number of foreign visitors for both business and leisure rose to 1,497,300 last month from 1,370,000 in December, the Japan …
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By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -A North Korean food crisis appears to have deteriorated, South Korea said on Wednesday, as a newspaper reported that North Korea has cut rations to its soldiers for the first time in more than two decades. North Korea has effectively acknowledged serious food shortages, South Korea’s unification ministry said, referring …
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By Choonsik Yoo SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday called on the private sector to help curb soaring costs for the country’s most vulnerable people, with a focus on banks and communication services. Yoon presided over a meeting of the country’s economy ministers on Wednesday to discuss how to tackle cost-of-living …
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