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Air charter crash in India’s Maharashtra kills key state leader
MUMBAI, Jan 28 (Reuters) – ‌The deputy chief minister of India’s wealthiest ‌state of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, was killed ‌on Wednesday, along with four people on board his charter aircraft […]
Thai parties tap nationalist mood as Cambodia clashes roil rural voters
KANTHARALAK, Thailand, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Thai lawmaker Phumin Leethiraprasert has ‌switched party allegiances in his re-election campaign for a February 8 poll, aiming to show voters he can make […]
South Korea court set to rule in bribery trial of former first lady
SEOUL, Jan 28 (Reuters) – A South ‌Korean district court is set to deliver on Wednesday its ‌ruling in the trial of Kim Keon Hee, the wife of ‌ousted ex-President […]
Ecuador says ICE agent tried to enter consulate in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS, ‌Jan 27 (Reuters) – A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent tried to get into Ecuador’s ‌consulate in Minneapolis on Tuesday but was prevented from entering the premises by […]
Search for 32 people missing in Indonesia landslide hampered by rain as death toll rises to 34
JAKARTA, Jan 28 (Reuters) – ‌Search operations for the 32 people still missing ‌after a landslide in Indonesia’s West Java were ‌hampered by rain on Wednesday morning, the country’s disaster […]
Man disrupts Ilhan Omar event in Minnesota, sprays her with liquid
Jan 27 (Reuters) – A man charged at Democratic U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar and sprayed ‌a foul-smelling liquid on her during a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday ‌as she […]
UN experts condemn US move to strip migrant children of legal aid
Jan 27 (Reuters) – U.N. ‌human rights experts on Tuesday denounced the Trump administration’s decision last year to ‌cut legal aid for unaccompanied children in U.S. immigration proceedings. Read full […]
After toppling Hasina, young Bangladeshis turn back to old guard
DHAKA, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Dhaka University student Sadman Mujtaba Rafid defied his parents and ‌police to join protests that toppled former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, convinced the rallies […]
U.S. stocks close mixed as healthcare shares plummet
NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — U.S. stocks ended mixed Tuesday, as a sharp sell-off in the healthcare sector triggered by a disappointing government reimbursement proposal offset broad gains in […]
UPS to cut additional 30,000 jobs this year
NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — United Parcel Service (UPS) announced Tuesday it will cut an additional 30,000 operational jobs this year as part of winding down its partnership with […]