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Indonesia's lunch project to add 2.6 pct points to GDP by 2029, says Prabowo aide
By Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's presumed incoming president Prabowo Subianto expects his signature programme to provide free school lunches will propel economic growth, a senior m...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2024
Bolivia's cholita climbers dream of conquering Everest in skirts
By Monica Machicao and Claudia Morales HUAYNA POTOSI, Bolivia (Reuters) - Julia Quispe Tincuta remembers the first time she reached the peak of Bolivia's Huayna Potosi mountain, where she and other Ay...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2024
U.S. urges Iran to dilute all its near-weapons-grade uranium
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States called on Iran on Wednesday to dilute all of the uranium it has enriched to up to 60% purity, close to the weapons-grade level of roughly 90%, i...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2024
'No serious mass political incidents' in Tibet last year, says senior official
By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior Tibet official on Wednesday said there were no "mass incidents" last year in the Himalayan region, a euphemism for protests, at a briefing on the sidelines ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2024
Swedish PM travels to US as NATO accession nears
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom will travel to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, the government said in a brief statement. Sweden is e...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2024
Polish farmers burn tyres outside Tusk's office in return of protests
WARSAW (Reuters) - Thousands of Polish farmers protested outside the prime minister's office on Wednesday, burning tyres and throwing firecrackers as they demanded a halt to cheap imports and environm...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2024
Kremlin says Russia will not meddle in the U.S. presidential election
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Wednesday said that Russia will not meddle in the November U.S. presidential election, and dismissed American findings that Moscow orchestrated c...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2024
UK's Hunt sets out pre-election budget
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Jeremy Hunt started to deliver his budget statement to the House of Commons on Wednesday, seeking to revive the bleak election prospects of Prime Minister R...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2024
US charges prominent South Sudan economist with gun running scheme
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have charged a prominent South Sudanese economist and Harvard fellow with conspiring to export Stinger missile systems, grenade launchers and automatic rifles...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2024
M23 rebels seize town in eastern Congo, killing at least 15
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - The M23 rebel group has taken over the town of Nyanzale in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 15 people in bomb attacks, a local offi...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2024

