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Pope wants to meet Putin in Moscow
Reuters, Published on 03/05/2022
» ROME: Pope Francis said in an interview published on Tuesday that he asked for a meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to stop the war in Ukraine but had not received a reply.
Thai, SE Asia stocks fall as Mideast tensions rise
Reuters, Published on 06/01/2020
» Thai stocks fell the most since Dec 16 on Monday as tensions in the Middle East continued to roil markets worldwide, with Kasikornbank Plc and Airports of Thailand losing 3.6% and 1.7%.
Duterte to end martial law in Philippine south after 2 years
Reuters, Published on 10/12/2019
» MANILA: President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to end more than two years of martial law in the southern Philippines after government forces considerably weakened Islamic militant groups there with the capture and killing of their leaders, his spokesman said Tuesday.
Questions mount over tours to deadly NZ volcano
Reuters, Published on 10/12/2019
» WHAKATANE, New Zealand: Tourists caught in the deadly eruption of White Island were there despite a recent increase in volcanic activity, although experts said precise predictions on eruptions were all but impossible.
Executions still 'rampant' in Philippine drug war: Amnesty
Reuters, Published on 08/07/2019
» MANILA: Impunity and unlawful killings continue unabated three years into the Philippines' war on drugs, with a pattern of executions under the guise of police sting operations and a state unwilling to investigate them, a report said on Monday.
Hong Kong Occupy leaders found guilty over mass rallies
Reuters, Published on 09/04/2019
» HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court found leaders of the 2014 "Occupy" civil disobedience movement guilty on Tuesday of public nuisance charges during the mass protests, in a landmark verdict that comes as the China-ruled city's freedoms come under strain.
Indonesia rushes to help quake-hit island; thousands feared dead
Reuters, Published on 01/10/2018
» PALU, Indonesia: Authorities scrambled on Monday to get aid and rescue equipment into quake-hit Sulawesi island, and prepared to bury some of the at least 832 dead, while the government said it would accept international help for disaster relief.
Boston gas blasts drive thousands from homes
Reuters, Published on 14/09/2018
» ANDOVER, Massachusetts: Some 8,000 people were driven from their homes in the Boston suburbs by a series of gas explosions, and it was unclear on Friday when they could go back.
Candles and chanting as cave boys' ordination begins
Reuters, Published on 24/07/2018
» Eleven boys from the “Wild Boars” soccer team - rescued from the flooded Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district in a drama that gripped global audiences - took their first steps on Tuesday to be ordained as Buddhist novices in a ceremony steeped in tradition.
France win World Cup, defeating Croatia 4-2
Reuters, Published on 16/07/2018
» MOSCOW: France won the World Cup for the second time by ending battling Croatia's dream with a 4-2 victory Sunday night in one of the most entertaining and action-packed finals for decades.