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Asian airlines detour Iran on conflict risk
Reuters, Published on 02/08/2024
» SINGAPORE - Asian carriers Singapore Airlines Ltd, Eva Air Corp and China Airlines Ltd have temporarily stopped flying over Iranian airspace as tensions escalate in the Middle East.
Indonesia bans search engine DuckDuckGo on gambling, pornography concerns
Reuters, Published on 02/08/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesia said it has banned the privacy-oriented search engine DuckDuckGo, citing concerns that it could be used to access pornography and online gambling websites which are illegal in the country, the Ministry of Communications and Informatics said on Friday.
Plane carrying detainees released by Russia lands in US
Reuters, Published on 02/08/2024
» WASHINGTON - A plane carrying detainees released by Russia landed in the United States late on Thursday at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, media footage showed.
IOC saddened by 'aggression' against boxers over gender row
Reuters, Published on 02/08/2024
» PARIS: The International Olympic Committee on Thursday defended its decision to allow two female boxers to compete at the Paris Olympics despite a gender row, saying the pair were facing "aggression" because of an arbitrary decision.
Algerian boxer’s win raises questions about sex tests
Reuters, Published on 01/08/2024
» PARIS - Italian boxer Angela Carini, who abandoned her welterweight round of 16 bout against Algeria's Imane Khelif after 46 seconds at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, says she does not consider the boxing bout as a defeat.
Ratchanok ousts rival to make badminton quarter-finals
Reuters, Published on 31/07/2024
» PARIS - Two upsets and several close calls defined the fifth day of Olympic badminton group play at the Paris Games, most surprisingly when Thailand’s world Number 21 Ratchanok Intanon knocked Tokyo silver medallist Tai Tzu-Ying of Taiwan out of the tournament on Wednesday.
China's Temu vendors protest over penalty policy
Reuters, Published on 31/07/2024
» BEIJING - Hundreds of Chinese sellers on Temu have protested against what they call unbearably high penalties imposed by the firm, one of the merchants involved in the protest told Reuters, a fresh sign of tough price competition with low-cost rival Shein.
Factory output falls more than forecast as car output slumps
Reuters, Published on 31/07/2024
» Thailand's manufacturing production index dropped 1.71% in June from a year earlier due mainly to lower car production and higher energy costs, the Industry Ministry said on Wednesday, missing analysts' expectations.
Kim Jong Un inspects North Korea's flooded areas
Reuters, Published on 31/07/2024
» SEOUL - Over 4,000 homes in North Korea's city of Sinuiju and Uiju County near the border with China have been flooded due to heavy rainfall, as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected flood-hit areas, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Wednesday.
Death toll from India landslides rises to 151
Reuters, Published on 31/07/2024
» CHOORALMALA - Rescue workers began looking for people trapped under debris early on Wednesday, a day after landslides caused havoc in the Wayanad district of India's Kerala state, with at least 151 people dead and many still missing.