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Thai court dismisses terrorism charges against activists for 2008 airports closure
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court on Wednesday dismissed terrorism charges against 32 political activists who led an anti-government protest that shut down Bangkok's two main international airports in ...
Jan 17, 2024
Aleph Farms gets approval to sell cultivated steaks in Israel
By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli food-tech start-up Aleph Farms said on Wednesday it received regulatory approval in Israel to sell steak grown from cow cells in a process that effecti...
Jan 17, 2024
UN chief says parties to Gaza war 'trampling' on international law
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that parties to the conflict in Gaza were "trampling" on international law and urged them to implemen...
Jan 17, 2024
Court orders Dutch state to give more detail on 2015 Iraq air strike
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered the Netherlands' government to supply more documents in a civil case by more than 20 victims of a Dutch air strike against an alleged Islamic S...
Jan 17, 2024
Romanian farmers, hauliers ramp up protests, block Ukraine border access
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Hundreds of Romanian farmers and truck drivers ramped up a week-long protest against high business costs on Wednesday, blocking access to a border crossing with Ukraine and prote...
Jan 17, 2024
Belgium PM says a mechanism is needed for confiscation of 280 billion euros of Russian assets
By Dmitry Zhdannikov DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Belgium does not oppose the confiscation of 280 billion euros worth of frozen Russian central bank assets, but there needs to be a clear mechanism s...
Jan 17, 2024
Around 20 people killed in explosion at Thai firework factory - police
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Around 20 people were killed in Thailand in an explosion on Wednesday at a firework factory, police said. The incident occurred in the afternoon in Suphan Buri province about 120 k...
Jan 17, 2024
Crowd protests jailing of activist in Russian region of Bashkortostan
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - A rights activist in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan was sentenced to four years in a penal colony on Wednesday after a court found him guilty of inciting ethnic ha...
Jan 17, 2024
Kuwait forms first government under new emir and prime minister
DUBAI (Reuters) - Kuwait on Wednesday formed a government headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, the state news agency said, the country's first cabinet after the death of i...
Jan 17, 2024
Malaysia court charges filmmakers for 'wounding religious feelings'
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian court on Wednesday charged two local filmmakers for intentionally "wounding the religious feelings of others" through their film, their lawyer said, in a move cond...
Jan 17, 2024
