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China says its coast guard patrols around Taiwan islands 'beyond reproach'
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's government said on Wednesday that its coast guard patrols around a group of Taiwanese islands near the Chinese coast were "beyond reproach", and dismissed complaints the bo...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2024
With handouts, piped water and cooking gas, India's Modi woos women voters
By Shivangi Acharya BHOPAL, India (Reuters) - Living in a slum in central India with her widowed mother and two young daughters, Nayantara Gupta says she owes her relative prosperity in recent years t...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2024
Indonesia's presumed president Prabowo awarded highest military honour
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's outgoing president on Wednesday awarded Prabowo Subianto, his presumed successor and an ex-special forces commander, the country's highest military honour. Defence Mini...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2024
South Korea's fertility rate dropped to fresh record low in 2023
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's fertility rate, already the world's lowest, dropped to a fresh record low in 2023, defying the billions of dollars spent by the country to try to reverse the trend as t...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2024
China says Beijing and Moscow should strengthen coordination on Asia Pacific
BEIJING (Reuters) -China and Russia should strengthen communication and coordination in Asia Pacific affairs and jointly safeguard regional security, stability and development, the Chinese foreign min...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2024
Sprawling queues for subsidised rice highlight plight of Indonesia's poor
By Dewi Kurniawati and Heru Asprihanto JAKARTA (Reuters) - In the afternoon sun, dozens of Indonesians, mostly women, gather in a snaking queue to buy bags of subsidised rice, their arms poking throug...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2024
Chinese navy's presence in South China Sea is 'worrisome', says Philippine president
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Wednesday said the presence of the Chinese navy in the South China Sea is "worrisome" but it will not deter his country from defending it...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2024
China urges UN to define roadmap to exempt non-nuclear states from nuclear threat, state media says
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United Nation's Conference on Disarmament should define a roadmap or timetable for an international legal instrument to exempt non-nuclear-weapon states from the threat of nucl...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2024
Volcanic ash drives some airlines to suspend flights from Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexico City International Airport on Tuesday said that some airlines had decided to cancel flights after increased activity from the country's active Popocatepetl volcano, ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2024
Thousands told to flee homes in Australia amid heat spike, bushfire threat
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of residents in Australia's southeast were told to evacuate on Wednesday due to an intense heatwave that authorities said could further spread a massive bushfi...
Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2024

