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Philippines' Black Nazarene feast draws hundreds of thousands of devotees
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2024
» MANILA - The streets of the Philippine capital turned into a sea of maroon and yellow on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of Catholic devotees joined a procession in honour of the Black Nazarene in Asia's largest Catholic nation.
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S.Korea, US conduct firing drills near N.Korea border
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2024
» SEOUL - South Korean and United States troops have conducted joint combat firing drills near the border with North Korea involving heavy weapons, as Pyongyang lambasted the allies for dangerous moves pushing the region to the brink of "an inferno of nuclear war."
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China warns of thick fog, Shanghai flights delayed
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2024
» BEIJING - Extremely heavy fog in several Chinese provinces on Thursday led to dangerously low visibility, closing highways, delaying flights out of Shanghai and prompting weather forecasters to release a string of warnings and advisories.
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China-linked fund seeks ouster of Australian rare earth miner's chairman
Reuters, Published on 22/11/2023
» MELBOURNE - A China-linked fund that is a major shareholder in Australia's Northern Minerals has filed a motion to oust the rare earth developer's chairman after the fund's move for a higher stake was rejected on national interest grounds early this year.
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With drones and dawn assault, Myanmar's Chin rebels open new front
Reuters, Published on 17/11/2023
» ZOKHAWTHAR, India - In the pre-dawn darkness on Monday, a 22-year-old Myanmar rebel fighter approached a hill-top military camp in remote Chin State with dozens of comrades for an assault that opened up another front in a mounting nationwide offensive against the junta.
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Sugar shortfall view raised to 2.4m tonnes
Reuters, Published on 14/11/2023
» NEW YORK - Global sugar production will fall short by 2.4 million metric tonnes of the expected consumption in the 2023/24 crop year that started in October, said consultancy CovrigAnalytics in a report on Monday, raising its supply deficit estimate by 200,000 tonnes.
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Caught up in war, Israel's migrants face tough choices
Reuters, Published on 25/10/2023
» MANILA/BANGKOK - Thousands of miles from home, Thai labourer Kamlue was on his way to harvest courgettes on an Israeli farm near the Gaza border on Oct 7 when the truck he was riding on came under heavy fire.
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Bitcoin leaps to 2023 high on ETF bets
Reuters, Published on 24/10/2023
» SINGAPORE - Cryptocurrencies extended gains in Asia trade on Tuesday, with bitcoin rallying to an almost 18-month high on speculation that an exchange-traded bitcoin fund is imminent.
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Floods in India leave 14 dead, 102 missing
Reuters, Published on 05/10/2023
» NEW DELHI - At least 14 people were killed and 102, including 22 army personnel, were missing in northeast India on Thursday after heavy rain caused a glacial lake to burst its banks, triggering flash floods down a mountain valley, officials said.
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Kim meets Putin as missiles launched from Pyongyang
Reuters, Published on 13/09/2023
» SEOUL/MOSCOW - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in Russia's Far East, state media said, for talks that Washington suspect will involve defence cooperation, while at home Kim's military fired two ballistic missiles.
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