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By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday the country was raising ties with Vietnam to the level of a comprehensive strategic partnership, with an annual dialogue on minerals amid a push to diversify supply chains away from China. “Elevating our ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership today places Australia and …

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By Monica Machicao and Claudia Morales HUAYNA POTOSI, Bolivia (Reuters) – Julia Quispe Tincuta remembers the first time she reached the peak of Bolivia’s Huayna Potosi mountain, where she and other Aymara Indigenous women had long worked cooking or carrying gear for other climbers to reach base camp. “When I arrived at the summit I …

Bolivia’s cholita climbers dream of conquering Everest in skirts Read More »

GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 8,565 people died on migration routes across the world last year, making 2023 the deadliest year on record for migrants, the U.N. migration agency said on Wednesday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the number of migrant deaths recorded last year surpassed the number of dead and missing globally …

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By Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s presumed incoming president Prabowo Subianto expects his signature programme to provide free school lunches will propel economic growth, a senior member of his party said on Wednesday, amid concerns over the plan’s possible fiscal burdens. Rahayu Saraswati Djojohadikusumo, Prabowo’s Gerindra party deputy chair and his niece, said the …

Indonesia’s lunch project to add 2.6 pct points to GDP by 2029, says Prabowo aide Read More »

By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – A senior Tibet official on Wednesday said there were no “mass incidents” last year in the Himalayan region, a euphemism for protests, at a briefing on the sidelines of China’s annual parliamentary sessions. Tibet is administered by Beijing as an autonomous region within China and has a long history …

‘No serious mass political incidents’ in Tibet last year, says senior official Read More »