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Singapore population hits record 6.11 million, driven by foreign workers
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore’s population grew 1.2% in June compared to a year ago, hitting a new high of 6.11 million, government statistics released on Monday showed. Read full story Date: […]
Bandits kill 12 forest guards in north-central Nigeria, police say
ABUJA (Reuters) -At least 12 members of a local forest guard unit were killed when armed men attacked the town of Oke-Ode in Kwara state, north-central Nigeria, police said on […]
Guinea announces first post-coup presidential vote on December 28
CONAKRY (Reuters) -Guinea will on December 28 hold its first presidential election since a coup in 2021, according to a decree read on state television. Read full story Date: 29 […]
French foreign minister says vote confirms Moldova’s ‘turn towards Europe’
PARIS (Reuters) -French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot welcomed on Monday the result of the parliamentary election in Moldova, where the Moldovan pro-European Union ruling party won the vote. Read full […]
Spain expects Mercosur agreement to be ratified by the end of the year
MADRID (Reuters) -Spain expects the agreement with the South American trading bloc Mercosur to be ratified by the end of the year, Economy minister Carlos Cuerpo said on Monday. Read […]
Spain’s summer of wildfires fuels calls for better forest management
PARAFITA, Spain (Reuters) -Javier Fernandez Perez recalls how residents of his hamlet used to burn undergrowth during the winter to help prevent the sort of huge wildfires that scorched Spain’s […]
Indonesian president defends free meals programme after 6,000 suffer food poisoning
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Monday defended his ambitious plan to provide free meals for children after some 6,000 cases of food poisoning, saying the percentage of those […]
South Korea, US to hold talks on visa systems on September 30, Yonhap reports
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and the United States will meet for their first working group discussions on visa systems for Korean companies operating in the U.S. on September 30, Yonhap […]
Indonesia council calls for press freedom after presidential office revokes reporter’s access
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s main press council called for press freedom and urged President Prabowo Subianto’s palace to restore reporting access for a CNN Indonesia journalist who had her credentials revoked […]
There have been no signals from Kyiv about resuming Russia-Ukraine talks, Kremlin says
(Reuters) -There have been no signals from Kyiv about a possible resumption of negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russia’s RIA state news agency […]