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Finance Ministry wants rate cut at central bank meeting
Reuters, Published on 11/06/2024
» The government wants to see an interest rate cut at Wednesday's central bank policy review to help the economy as the current level is "too high", a deputy finance minister said on Tuesday.
North Korea resumes sending trash balloons to South Korea
Reuters, Published on 09/06/2024
» SEOUL: North Korea has resumed sending balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea, officials and news reports said on Sunday, a week after it vowed to continue if anti-North Korea leaflets are flown from the South.
Malaysia defends eviction of sea nomads
Reuters, Published on 08/06/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian authorities defended their decision to evict hundreds of sea nomads from their homes off the coast of Sabah state this week, saying it was aimed at boosting security and combating cross-border crime.
Sea urchin pandemic spreads, endangering coral reefs
Reuters, Published on 07/06/2024
» TEL AVIV - A sea-borne pandemic that wiped out sea urchin populations in the Red Sea has spread and is taking out the species in parts of the Indian Ocean and could go global, scientists in Israel say.
Vietnam tycoon on death row illegally moved money overseas
Reuters, Published on 06/06/2024
» HANOI - Vietnam real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, sentenced to death in the country's largest-ever financial fraud case, had illegally transferred money abroad, according to police, with state media on Thursday reporting US$4.5 billion had been moved.
Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts
Reuters, Published on 01/06/2024
» JAKARTA - A volcano in Indonesia's eastern island of Halmahera erupted on Saturday spewing a five-km (3-mile) high ash cloud, the country's volcanology agency (PVMBG) said, while its disaster agency warned of potential flash floods and cold lava flow.
At least 15 dead in India over 24 hours as temperatures soar
Reuters, Published on 31/05/2024
» BHUBANESWAR - At least 15 people have died of suspected heatstroke in India's eastern states of Bihar and Odisha on Thursday, authorities said, with the region gripped in a debilitating heatwave expected to continue until Saturday.
Myanmar's ethnic armies consolidate strongholds as junta weakens
Reuters, Published on 30/05/2024
» NAYPYIDAW - Myanmar's ruling junta has lost control over vast tracts of territory, including access to much of its international borders, allowing ethnic armed groups to expand and consolidate regions under their control, two reports assessing the conflict said on Thursday.
North Korea sends balloons of 'faeces, trash' into South
Reuters, Published on 29/05/2024
» SEOUL - South Korea accused North Korea on Wednesday of sending a large number of balloons across the heavily fortified border between the countries to drop objects that included trash and excrement, calling the act base and dangerous.
Man United stun Man City to win FA Cup final
Reuters, Published on 25/05/2024
» LONDON - Manchester United produced their best performance of a mediocre season to upset Manchester City 2-1 in the FA Cup final on Saturday and deprive their rivals of the double.