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Pakistani pilgrim bus overturns, killing 28, injuring 23 in Iran

21 Aug 2024 21 Aug 2024

DUBAI (Reuters) -A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims overturned in central Iran, killing 28 passengers and injuring another 23 people, state media reported on Wednesday. The accident took place late on Tuesday in the central Iranian province of Yazd and was caused by a technical defect in the bus braking system, according to preliminary investigations made …

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Japanese woman, 116, to be named world’s oldest person

21 Aug 2024 21 Aug 2024

TOKYO (Reuters) – A 116-year-old Japanese woman who used to be a mountaineer is set to be named the world’s oldest person by Guinness World Records, a research group said on Wednesday, following the death of a 117-year-old Spanish woman earlier this week. Tomiko Itooka, who was born on May 23, 1908, lives in the …

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Parliamentary investigation sought after influential Thai general hits journalist

21 Aug 2024 21 Aug 2024

(This Aug. 20 story has been corrected to fix the spelling of the senator’s name to Tewarit, not Tewarait, in paragraphs 4 and 11) By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) – A senator in Thailand on Tuesday formally requested a parliamentary investigation into a veteran politician and former army chief who struck a …

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China says it is ‘seriously concerned’ about US nuclear strategic report

21 Aug 2024 21 Aug 2024

BEIJING (Reuters) -China is seriously concerned about a report that said the United Stated approved a nuclear strategic plan to focus on China’s rapid expansion in its nuclear arsenal, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday. “The U.S. is peddling the China nuclear threat narrative, finding excuses to seek strategic advantage,” a Chinese foreign ministry …

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Indonesia’s Golkar party picks influential Jokowi’s top loyalist as leader

21 Aug 2024 21 Aug 2024

By Ananda Teresia and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s second-largest party Golkar appointed a top loyalist of President Joko Widodo as its new chief on Wednesday, a move members say could allow the outgoing president to retain political influence long after he leaves office in October. Bahlil Lahadalia, the newly appointed energy minister and …

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India, Japan agree to bolster defence and security ties

21 Aug 2024 21 Aug 2024

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India and Japan agreed on Tuesday to bolster defence and security ties and backed a “common strategic vision” of a free and open Indo-Pacific – a region where both countries have troubled relations with China. Foreign and defence ministers of both countries held talks under the so-called ‘India-Japan 2+2’ dialogue in …

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India’s top court sets up safety task force after doctor’s rape and murder

20 Aug 2024 20 Aug 2024

By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court created a hospital safety task force on Tuesday to recommend steps to ensure medical workers’ safety, days after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor caused national outrage and protests by junior doctors. The attack on Aug. 9 in the eastern city of Kolkata …

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Biden approved secret nuclear strategy focusing on Chinese threat, New York Times reports

20 Aug 2024 20 Aug 2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden approved in March a highly classified nuclear strategic plan that for the first time reoriented Washington’s deterrent strategy on China’s expansion of its nuclear arsenal, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The White House never announced that Biden had approved the revised strategy, titled the “Nuclear Employment Guidance,” …

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Taliban morality police dismiss over 280 men without beards from security forces

20 Aug 2024 20 Aug 2024

KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban’s morality ministry dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for “immoral acts” in the past year, officials said on Tuesday. The Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Propagation of Virtue said in its …

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Cricket-Women’s T20 World Cup moved to UAE from strife-torn Bangladesh

20 Aug 2024 20 Aug 2024

(Reuters) – The Women’s T20 World Cup scheduled for October has been moved to the United Arab Emirates from Bangladesh, which has been rocked by political turmoil and violence in recent weeks. World cricket’s governing body the ICC said on Tuesday that a number of participating countries had issued travel advisories for Bangladesh, effectively preventing …

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