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China steps up Myanmar contacts on border stability, phone scams
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Senior Chinese officials have held talks with Myanmar, the government said on Saturday, as Beijing grows increasingly concerned about border security and telecoms scams with rebel...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2024
Heavy fire from Lebanon targets northern Israel amid concern over Gaza spillover
By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) - Heavy fire from Lebanon targeted northern Israel on Saturday, the Israeli military said, adding it had responded by striking a "terrorist cell" that took...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2024
Blinken to meet Turkish, Greek leaders as Gaza diplomacy tour begins
By Simon Lewis ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was expected to meet the leaders of Turkey and Greece on Saturday at the start of a week-long trip aimed at tamping down tens...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2024
Russia to produce over 32,000 drones each year by 2030 -TASS
(Reuters) - Russia plans to produce more than 32,000 drones each year by 2030 and for domestic producers to account for 70% of the market, the TASS news agency cited First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2024
Japan earthquake death toll tops 100 with hundreds still missing -media
By Kiyoshi Takenaka WAJIMA, Japan (Reuters) - The death toll from Japan's New Year's Day earthquake topped 100 on Saturday with more than 200 people still missing, the country's deadliest quake in nea...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2024
War, weather put ocean shippers on notice for rough seas in 2024
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Recent hostilities in the Red Sea have thrown global shippers of vital goods for a loop - but it is hardly the only issue that big carriers are facing as 2024...
Thomson Reuters Jan 06, 2024
Epstein invoked 5th Amendment right to silence 600 times - court filings
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The late financier Jeffrey Epstein invoked his constitutional right against incriminating himself about 600 times in testimony for a lawsuit brought by Virgini...
Thomson Reuters Jan 05, 2024
At least 4 dead in suspected train arson in Bangladesh before election
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - At least four people, including a child, died in a suspected arson attack on a passenger train, police said on Saturday, the eve of a general election that the main oppo...
Thomson Reuters Jan 05, 2024
New aircraft glitch for Canada's Trudeau before return from Jamaica
(Reuters) - Canada said on Friday an aircraft was sent this week to Jamaica to address a maintenance issue with the plane that took Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on a visit to the Caribbean, enabling ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 05, 2024
Taiwan says Chinese balloons threaten aviation safety
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence ministry accused China on Saturday of threatening aviation safety and waging psychological warfare on the island's people with a recent spate of balloons spotted ne...
Thomson Reuters Jan 05, 2024

