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Nursing home fire kills 20 in north China, Xinhua reports

BEIJING (Reuters) -Twenty people have been killed in a fire at a nursing home in northern China, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday without detailing the cause of the fire. The fire

South Korea opposition leader Lee steps down amid expectations of presidential run

By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's main opposition party head Lee Jae-myung said on Wednesday he was stepping down as party leader, amid expectations that the current populist

US says it’s aware of Palestinian American’s killing by Israeli forces in West Bank

By Daphne Psaledakis and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it was aware of the killing by Israeli forces of a Palestinian American teenager in the

South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung steps down as party head amid expectations of presidential run

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's main opposition party head Lee Jae-myung said on Wednesday he was stepping down as party leader amid expectations that the current populist front-runner for the

US says it is alarmed by American academic’s arrest in Thailand

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it was alarmed by the arrest in Thailand of American academic and U.S. citizen Paul Chambers who was charged with

‘US will announce major tariffs on pharmaceutical imports,’ says Trump at NRCC event

Speaking at an event at the National Republican Congressional Committee, Trump said the tariff will incentivize drug companies to move their operations to the US.

Stocks slide again as US forges ahead with 104% tariffs on China

By Susan Heavey, Trevor Hunnicutt and Joe Cash WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -The United States said on Tuesday that 104% duties on imports from China will take effect shortly after midnight, even as

Indonesia ready to shelter Palestinians impacted by war in Gaza

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia is ready to temporarily shelter Palestinians impacted by the war in Gaza, President Prabowo Subianto said in a statement on Wednesday, as he started his trip to the Middle

Dominican Republican nightclub roof collapse kills at least 66, including governor and ex-MLB players

By Paul Mathiasen SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) -A catastrophic roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic's capital left at least 66 people dead, including a popular singer, a provincial

Officer killed in assault on police station in Russia’s Chechnya, along with attacker

(Reuters) - A man wielding a knife was killed after attacking a police station in Chechnya on Tuesday, along with one of the station's officers in the Russian Caucasus region, officials said. Ramzan

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Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.