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Abe assassination stuns Japan, a country where gun violence is…

TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) - The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday stunned and saddened people in a country where firearms are strictly regulated and political violence is extremely rare. Abe was fatally shot while giving a campaign speech on a street corner in the western city

Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson quits as UK prime minister, dragged down by…

LONDON, July 7 (Reuters) – Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he

Sri lanka economy
Bankrupt Sri Lanka allows younger women to work abroad

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka on Tuesday reduced to 21 the minimum age at which women can go abroad for work and

Dr Bhampa Rai
Bhutanese civil society leader Dr Rai passes away

Bhutanese civil society leader and rights campaigner, Dr Bhampa Rai, has passed away. He was 72. Dr Rai who had

BIMSTEC Summit
BIMSTEC in 25 Years: Prime Minister Deuba call on promoting…

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of BIMSTEC, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba stressed the importance of unity, solidarity,

Philippine dictator’s son wins landslide presidential victory

MANILA, May 10, 2022 (AFP) – The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos cemented a landslide presidential election victory Tuesday,

French presidential runoff kicks off between Macron, Le Pen

PARIS (Xinhua) : The 2022 French presidential runoff kicked off at 8 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) on Sunday in

Latest U.S. weapons assistance arrives in Ukraine

The first shipments of the latest round of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine, which includes heavier weapons systems, started arriving in

Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board

Elon Musk is joining Twitter’s board of directors a day after disclosing that the Tesla CEO took a 9% stake

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
India’s exports rise to a record high of $418 billion…

India’s merchandise exports spurted to a record high of $418 billion in the financial year 2021-22 on account of higher