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Philippines’ Black Nazarene procession draws hundreds of thousands of devotees

9 Jan 2025 9 Jan 2025

By Jay Ereno MANILA (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines on Thursday of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in one of the world’s grandest displays of Catholic devotion and expression of faith. Filipinos turned the streets of Manila to a sea of maroon and gold and …

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Search widens for Tibet quake survivors as tens of thousands moved to shelters

9 Jan 2025 9 Jan 2025

By Joe Cash and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – Authorities moved more than 47,000 people to shelters in earthquake-hit Tibet, Chinese officials said on Thursday, while rescuers widen a massive combing effort for survivors near the foothills of the Himalayas, despite slim survival odds. It is not yet clear how many are still missing after …

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Taiwan navy shows off its steel with simulated attack exercise

9 Jan 2025 9 Jan 2025

By Ann Wang KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) – Taiwan’s navy simulated on Thursday an effort to see off enemy ships as it wrapped up three days of New Year drills, sending two of its newest and most advanced warships to lead a flotilla into the Taiwan Strait. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own …

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Taliban say India is a ‘significant regional partner’ after meeting

9 Jan 2025 9 Jan 2025

KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban’s foreign office said they saw India as a “significant regional and economic partner” after meeting with its most senior foreign ministry official, the highest level talks with Delhi since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021. India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met acting Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai …

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Singapore says 3 men detained since October for seeking to join Middle East conflict

9 Jan 2025 9 Jan 2025

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore said on Thursday it had detained three men since October last year who were preparing to travel to the Middle East to fight against Israel, and one had expressed willingness to carry out attacks in Singapore if instructed to do so. The Home Affairs Ministry said in a statement the three …

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China discovers cluster of new mpox strain

9 Jan 2025 9 Jan 2025

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese health authorities said on Thursday they had detected the new mutated mpox strain clade Ib as the viral infection spreads to more countries after the World Health Organization declared a global public health emergency last year. China’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said it had found a cluster outbreak …

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Cricket-Maxwell misses out in Australia squad for Sri Lanka series

9 Jan 2025 9 Jan 2025

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Glenn Maxwell’s hopes of reviving his test career may be over after the all-rounder missed out on selection in Australia’s much-changed squad for the Sri Lanka tour. All-rounder Mitchell Marsh has also been overlooked for the squad, which will be captained by Steve Smith, having been dropped for the fifth test against …

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Taiwan, China trade barbs over undersea cable damage

9 Jan 2025 9 Jan 2025

TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Taiwan and China traded barbs over what the government in Taipei suspects was a Chinese-linked ship’s damage to an undersea communications cable off the island’s coast, an incident that has raised alarm bells on the island. The ship owner, speaking to Reuters on Wednesday, said there was no evidence the ship was …

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Japanese crime leader pleads guilty in US to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar

9 Jan 2025 9 Jan 2025

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leader of a Japanese crime syndicate who was charged by U.S. authorities with trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar pleaded guilty on Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, pleaded guilty in Manhattan, New York, to conspiring with a network of associates …

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Exclusive-Hundreds of veterans, others urge Trump to continue resettling at-risk Afghans

9 Jan 2025 9 Jan 2025

By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of veterans and current and former U.S. officials want President-elect Donald Trump to preserve U.S. special visa and resettlement programs for Afghans at risk of retribution for working for the United States during the 20-year war against the Taliban, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters. The letter, …

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