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By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization said on Friday its partners such as Gavi and Unicef can start buying mpox vaccines before they are approved by the U.N. health agency,

Islamist prisoners slash guards, seize hostages in Russian jail

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Knife-wielding prisoners identifying themselves as Islamic State militants staged a bloody attack on guards in a Russian penal colony on Friday and seized hostages, according to

Thai court accepts lawsuit against security personnel over deaths of 85 protesters

By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court on Friday accepted a criminal lawsuit against seven senior security personnel over their alleged roles in the deaths two

Covestro, Holcim help German investigators after drone flights over plants

By Friederike Heine and Paolo Laudani GDANSK/BERLIN (Reuters) - German chemicals group Covestro and Swiss cement maker Holcim said on Friday they were helping Germany probe suspected espionage after

Baby paralysed in Gaza’s first case of type 2 polio for 25 years, WHO says

By Tala Ramadan DUBAI (Reuters) - A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years, the World Health

Body found by Italy rescue divers is Mike Lynch’s daughter – source

PORTICELLO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian divers have retrieved the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch's 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, who was the last person still unaccounted for after the family's

Cambodia hails homecoming of Parvati, Shiva & 12 other sculptures from US, looted in Khmer Rouge era

As many as 70 pieces sourced from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, private collectors are now back in Cambodia and on display at PM Manet's office in Phnom Penh.

India, Ukraine ink 4 agreements during PM Modi’s visit

Kyiv, Aug 23 (PTI) India and Ukraine on Friday inked four agreements following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy....

Modi urges Zelenskyy to sit down for talks with Russia, offers to be ‘friend’ to help bring peace

Ukraine saw trip as an important opportunity for Kyiv to put across its position on Russia's invasion to a country with traditionally close economic and defence ties with Moscow.

UNICEF condemns execution of four Somali children for alleged association with Al-Shabaab

UNICEF urges authorities to prevent death sentences for the children as they were tried by military courts that lacked specialized child justice procedures.

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You can’t ‘wish away’ China, India must balance economic & security considerations, says Sanjeev Sanyal

Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.

Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?