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Soccer-Helicopter crash that killed Leicester owner was accidental, inquest finds

28 Jan 2025

(Reuters) -The deaths of five people in a helicopter crash at the King Power Stadium in October 2018, including Leicester City soccer club owner Khun Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, were accidental, an inquest jury concluded on Tuesday. Vichai, the Thai tycoon who pumped millions of pounds into the club that famously won the Premier League title in …

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Pakistan army foils militant attempt to take security post in Balochistan

28 Jan 2025

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) -Islamist militants in an explosive-laden vehicle were thwarted in their attempt to overrun a Pakistani security post near the border with Afghanistan, the army said on Tuesday. The five attackers, including two suicide bombers, were killed when the post came under attack in Qila Abdullah district in the southwestern province of Balochistan, …

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Exclusive-Deutsche Bank talks on China JV end over disagreement on control, sources say

28 Jan 2025

By Selena Li and Iain Withers HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) – Talks between Deutsche Bank, its asset management arm DWS and Chinese lender Postal Savings Bank of China (PSBC) over a joint venture in China have collapsed after the German firm resisted Beijing’s request to boost its stake, sources said. Deutsche Bank’s majority-owned fund arm DWS …

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Pakistani journalists rally against law regulating social media

28 Jan 2025

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Hundreds of Pakistani journalists rallied on Tuesday against a proposed law to regulate social media content that they say is aimed at curbing press freedom and controlling the digital landscape. The law would establish a regulatory authority that would have its own investigation agency and tribunals. Those found to have disseminated false …

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Crew abandon HK-flagged container ship in Red Sea after fire, sources say

28 Jan 2025

LONDON/ATHENS (Reuters) – The crew of the Hong Kong-flagged ASL Bauhinia have abandoned the container ship in the Red Sea after it caught fire on Tuesday, two maritime sources said, adding the cause of the incident was not immediately clear. The crew were rescued by another vessel and are safe, the sources said, adding that …

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India and China agree to resume air travel, settle economic differences

28 Jan 2025

By Jessie Pang and Shivam Patel BEIJING/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India and China have agreed to resume direct air services after nearly five years and work on resolving differences over trade and economic issues, New Delhi said, as relations continue to thaw after a deadly 2020 border clash. Following a meeting on Monday in Beijing between …

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Thai PM to visit China from Feb 5 to 8

28 Jan 2025

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Tuesday she would visit China from Feb. 5-8. Online financial scams, tourism and pollution will be among the issues discussed, Paetongtarn told reporters.   (Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat, Writing by Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by Martin Petty)

Philippine soldiers to train on US Typhon missile system

28 Jan 2025

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine soldiers will train on the U.S. military’s intermediate range missile system during unilateral army drills next month as part of preparations for bigger exercises with U.S. counterparts, a military official said on Tuesday.  The Typhon missile system was deployed by U.S. forces to the Philippines in April last year as part …

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Bangladesh train services hit as staff strike over benefits

28 Jan 2025

DHAKA (Reuters) – Train services in Bangladesh came to a standstill on Tuesday as railway staff, demanding benefits for extra work, went on a nationwide indefinite strike that hit hundreds of thousands of people. A long-standing dispute over overtime pay and pension benefits for railway workers led to staff abstaining from work, its union said, …

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Thailand denies mistreating detained gambling tycoon wanted by China

28 Jan 2025

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand denies abusing a jailed gambling tycoon fighting extradition to China over charges he ran illegal online gambling operations in Southeast Asia, the country’s justice minister said on Tuesday. China-born She Zhijiang claims he received inhumane treatment” in a Thai prison, including violence that has left him unable to stand, according to …

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