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Rohingya refugees face soaring hunger and crime after aid cuts
Reuters, Published on 20/06/2023
» LONDON: Every day 5-year-old Jannat hunts for bottles and cans in the Rohingya refugee camp where she lives in Bangladesh – when she collects enough, she buys a snack to stave off her hunger pangs.
Britain to let 'self-driving' vehicles use motorways
Business, Reuters, Published on 29/04/2021
» LONDON: The British government is the first country to announce that it would allow the use of self-driving vehicles at slow speeds on motorways, with the first such cars possibly appearing on public roads as soon as this year.
Thailand drops charges against Red Bull heir in deadly hit-and-run
Reuters, Published on 24/07/2020
» Criminal charges in Thailand have been dropped against the heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune who was accused in a 2012 hit-and-run that killed a police officer, police said on Friday.
Automated buses take to the road in Singapore
Business, Reuters, Published on 28/08/2019
» SINGAPORE: Roaming peacocks, meandering tourists and curbside bushes were all causing headaches this week for operators of one of the first autonomous bus shuttle services to hit public roads in Singapore.
Indonesia parliament speaker taken into custody
Reuters, Published on 20/11/2017
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's parliament speaker Setya Novanto has been taken into custody by the country's anti-corruption agency after being arrested over his alleged role in causing state losses of $170 million linked to a national electronic identity card scheme.
IS claims responsibility for New York attack
Reuters, Published on 03/11/2017
» CAIRO/NEW YORK: Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a truck attack in New York City that killed eight people on Tuesday, the group's online publication said on Thursday.
Myanmar floods kill two, displace tens of thousands
Reuters, Published on 24/07/2017
» YANGON -- Flooding across large parts of Myanmar has displaced more than 100,000 people, causing two deaths, while dramatic riverbank erosion has washed away a Buddhist pagoda, officials, residents and state media said on Monday.
Tourism replaces dairy as NZ's top income earner
Business, Reuters, Published on 20/01/2016
» WELLINGTON: New Zealand's booming tourism industry is emerging as a cornerstone of an economy hit by declining dairy exports, but the hordes descending on silver screen locations such as Hobbiton are stretching the small island nation's resources.