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Indonesia searches for missing after landfill collapse kills four
JAKARTA, March 9 (Reuters) – Rescuers are still searching for five missing people after a large stack of garbage collapsed at Indonesia’s biggest landfill site over the weekend, killing at […]
Bangladesh shuts universities early to save power amid energy crisis
DHAKA, March 9 (Reuters) – Bangladesh will close all universities from Monday, bringing forward the Eid al-Fitr holidays as part of emergency measures to conserve electricity and fuel amid a […]
Shots fired at Rihanna’s house in Beverly Hills, no injuries reported, media say
March 8 (Reuters) – A woman fired numerous shots into the Beverly Hills home of pop music star Rihanna on Sunday, and a round went through a wall of the […]
Brothers of Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre visit New Mexico ranch, demand unredacted documents
STANLEY, N.M., March 8 (Reuters) – Two brothers of one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers visited the sex offender’s former New Mexico ranch on Sunday for the first time to […]
South Korea parliament due to finalise draft US investment bill under trade deal
SEOUL, March 9 (Reuters) – A South Korean parliamentary committee is expected to finalise the wording of a special bill on Monday, paving the way for a plenary vote this […]
As Fukushima memories fade, Japan embraces a nuclear-powered future
IWAKI, Japan, March 9 (Reuters) – Takuma Hashimoto was three years old when a massive earthquake and tsunami struck on March 11, 2011, triggering nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi […]
Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his slain father as supreme leader
DUBAI (AP): Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor, Iranian state TV announced early Monday, as the war that began a little over […]
Jailed Istanbul mayor faces trial amid crackdown on Turkey’s opposition
ISTANBUL, March 9 (Reuters) – Istanbul’s jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu goes on trial on Monday in a sweeping corruption case that could extinguish the ambition of Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival […]
Iran names Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba, as new supreme leader, state media report
CAIRO, March 8 (Reuters) – Iran’s Assembly of Experts has named Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader, state media reported on […]
Roundup: Finland’s nuclear weapons ban lift plan sparks broad debate
HELSINKI, March 8 (Xinhua) — Finland’s plan to lift its long-standing legal ban on nuclear weapons has triggered an unusually broad debate, with opposition parties, experts and peace advocates questioning […]