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By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Filipino hospital administrator Anna Galarrita and Filipino domestic helper Olga Reyes have been practising for months to be part of the 1,500-strong choir during the papal mass on Thursday when Pope Francis visits Singapore. The two women and Singaporean engineer Raphael Lau, who will serve as a communion minister …

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By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Thousands of diaspora Indians were protesting in more than 130 cities across 25 countries on Sunday, organisers said, to demand justice after last month’s rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a hospital in the city of Kolkata. The protests started in large and small groups across Japan, …

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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – The head of Bangladesh’s interim government, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, on Sunday called for a fast-tracked third-country resettlement of Rohingya Muslims living in the south Asian country, as a new wave of refugees flee escalating violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Around 8,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled across …

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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s new government published a policy statement on Sunday that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will deliver to parliament at a session from Thursday marking the formal start of her administration. Following are key points of the statement from Paetongtarn, 38, who has said her government will prioritise stimulating Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy …

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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un underscored the importance of strengthening naval power as he toured a naval base construction site, state media KCNA reported on Sunday. “Now that we are soon to possess large surface warships and submarines which cannot be anchored by the existing facilities for mooring warships, the construction of …

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