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Turkey arrests British crime boss in Istanbul
Reuters, Published on 06/12/2023
» ISTANBUL - Turkey said on Wednesday it had captured the leader of a British gang involved in drug smuggling, the illegal gun trade and robbery in an operation in Istanbul.
Transgender athletes condemn ban on inclusion in female events
Reuters, Published on 24/03/2023
» SYDNEY/LOS ANGELES: Transgender athletes have condemned World Athletics' exclusion of transgender women from elite female competitions, while the decision was welcomed by some sportswomen as a win for fairness.
Russia, Myanmar not invited to Queen Elizabeth's funeral
Reuters, Published on 13/09/2022
» LONDON: Britain has not invited representatives from Russia, Belarus and Myanmar to attend the state funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II due to be held next Monday, a Whitehall source said on Tuesday.
Bloodshed continues in Myanmar, troops open fire on protesters
Reuters, Published on 07/04/2021
» Myanmar troops stormed an anti-coup protest camp on Wednesday, a resident said, in a pre-dawn operation that local media said killed and wounded several demonstrators, as activists defied a bloody crackdown and internet blockade by the ruling junta.
Malaysia secures 18.4m doses of vaccines
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2021
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said on Tuesday it had signed deals with two domestic companies to purchase 18.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines produced by Russia's Gamaleya Research Institute and China's Sinovac.
Filling 'Brexodus' gap, Filipino nurses stymied by English tests
Reuters, Published on 08/04/2019
» MANILA: Bracing for life after Brexit, British hospitals badly need more nurses like Filipino Jobie Escalona, but she twice flunked a mandatory English language test that asked her to write up the merits of immigration and computer education in school.
Thailand to revoke foreign patent requests on marijuana
Reuters, Published on 28/01/2019
» Thailand on Monday effectively revoked all foreign patent requests for the use of marijuana, after fears foreign firms would dominate a market thrown open last month when the government approved the drug for medical use and research.
Singapore school test papers stolen in transit to UK
Reuters, Published on 23/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: More than 200 students in Singapore had part of their British-administered school leaving exam paper stolen when they were sent to be marked in Britain, the Singapore exam board said on Friday.
Court lets Joshua Wong, friends walk free
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2018
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's highest court on Tuesday unanimously decided to free three young leaders of the Chinese-ruled city's pro-democracy movement, including the public face of youth-led protests, Joshua Wong, in a stark reversal of an earlier ruling.
British jihadi ‘White Widow’ said killed by US drone
Reuters, Published on 12/10/2017
» LONDON: Sally Jones, a British jihadi who recruited online for the Islamic State group, has been killed in Syria by a US drone along with her 12-year-old son, The Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.