NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian police detained dozens of people during a rare protest at the famed India Gate monument in New Delhi demanding action to curb an annual scourge of toxic air swathing the capital and its surrounding region. Sunday’s protest by crowds of all ages holding banners and chanting slogans before police bundled them …
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By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese commercial space company Galactic Energy said a launch mission for one of its Ceres-1 rockets failed on Monday, preventing it from delivering its payload of satellites to orbit. Beijing-based Galactic Energy, one of China’s leading space firms, has stepped up the frequency of its Ceres-1 rocket launches in recent …
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By Laurie Chen and Antoni Slodkowski BEIJING (Reuters) -FBI Director Kash Patel visited China last week to discuss fentanyl and law enforcement issues, two people familiar with his trip said, following a summit of the U.S. and Chinese leaders where both hailed “consensus” on the matter. A person briefed on Patel’s trip said the director …
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By Ruma Paul KURIGRAM, Bangladesh (Reuters) -On an overcast morning, Nurun Nabi loads bamboo poles and tin sheets onto a wooden boat. His home, built just a year ago on a fragile island in the Brahmaputra River, is on the verge of being swallowed by water. It is the second time the farmer and father …
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By Adrian Portugal and Eloisa Lopez ISABELA, Philippines (Reuters) -Super Typhoon Fung-Wong made landfall in the Philippines on Sunday with two fatalities reported and 1 million people evacuated ahead of one of the nation’s most powerful storms this year. The storm crossed over the north of the archipelago’s most populous island Luzon, weather bureau PAGASA …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s second president and strongman Suharto was named a national hero by the government led by his former son-in-law, President Prabowo Subianto, in a controversial move condemned by activists. Suharto was forced to step down during the Asian financial crisis in 1998 amid mass protests and deadly riots against his 32-year reign over …
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By Heejin Kim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s special prosecutor on Monday indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on additional charges of abusing power and aiding an enemy state related to his short-lived imposition of martial law last year. Yoon attempted to provoke military conflict between South and North Korea in order to …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s coast guard launched a search on Monday after reports that nine crew members were missing when a Chinese fishing vessel capsized off the country’s west coast, an official said. Eleven crew members were believed to be on board the vessel that was reported to have capsized about 150 kilometres (93 miles) …
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(Corrects spelling of researcher’s name in paragraph 13 to Dhrubajyoti not Drubajyoti) By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) -As the year’s deadliest typhoon sweeps into Vietnam after wreaking havoc in the Philippines earlier this week, scientists warn such extreme events can only become more frequent as global temperatures rise. Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 188 people …
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -A boat carrying members of the Rohingya community from Myanmar has sunk near the Thai-Malaysian border, with hundreds missing, seven dead and 13 rescued, the Malaysian maritime agency said on Sunday. Rescuers were combing an area of 170 square nautical miles near Langkawi island on Saturday after a boat with 300 people …
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