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Fire spotted in Red Sea off Yemen port
Reuters, Published on 22/08/2024
» DUBAI - British security firm Ambrey said on Thursday a fire was spotted in the Red Sea approximately 58 nautical miles southwest of Yemen's port of Salif.
Sri Lanka approves free tourist visas for 35 countries
Reuters, Published on 22/08/2024
» COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's cabinet approved issuing free tourist visas to visitors from 35 countries including China, India and Russia, a top official said on Thursday, in an effort to boost tourism and help revive its crisis-hit economy.
Malaysia shines as foreign investors return, as Thailand stumbles
Reuters, Published on 22/08/2024
» SINGAPORE - Malaysia is fast becoming a haven in Southeast Asia and foreign investors are returning to a long-overlooked market as a confluence of improving growth, stable government and rising currency sets it apart among peers grappling with political flux.
Gay penguin dies, leaving behind partner in Sydney
Reuters, Published on 22/08/2024
» SYDNEY - When Sphen, one half of the gay penguin couple whose love captivated the world, died earlier this month in Australia his partner Magic began to sing.
Ronaldo launches YouTube channel
Reuters, Published on 22/08/2024
» Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo launched his YouTube channel on Wednesday and hundreds of thousands of subscribers signed up within a couple of hours.
Musk's Neuralink says second trial implant went well, no thread retraction issue
Reuters, Published on 22/08/2024
» Elon Musk's brain technology startup Neuralink said its implant, designed to allow paralysed patients to use digital devices by thinking alone, is working well in a second trial patient.
Ukraine says it hits pontoon bridges in Russia, Moscow reports gains
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2024
» KYIV - Ukraine said on Wednesday it was destroying Russian pontoon bridges with US-made weapons to defend its incursion into Russia's Kursk region, as Moscow said its forces had halted Kyiv's advance there and gained ground in eastern Ukraine.
Vietnam backs Cambodia's Mekong canal, urges cooperation on impacts
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2024
» HANOI - Vietnam supports Cambodia's plan to build a canal from the Mekong River basin to the Cambodian coast and would like to be involved in finding solutions for the canal's possible negative effects, its foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Pilgrim bus overturns, killing 28 in Iran
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2024
» DUBAI - A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims overturned in central Iran, killing 28 passengers and injuring another 23 people, state media reported on Wednesday.
Thai economy 'nearly in crisis'
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2024
» Thailand's economy is nearly in crisis due to declining exports and uncompetitive manufacturing, caretaker Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira said on Wednesday.