From camels to control rooms: India prepares for its mammoth election exercise
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - From transporting voting machines on camelback to remote corners of its vast western desert to bolstering…
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Hundreds of guillemots, exhausted by storms, dead on French beaches
BRETIGNOLLES-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) - Hundreds of guillemot seabirds have been found dead on French Atlantic beaches, exhausted by unusually heavy…
IMF says Ecuador asked to begin discussing a new program; bonds rise
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that Ecuadorean authorities officially requested "a few weeks ago"…
China will be global ‘force for peace’: foreign minister
BEIJING: China will be a global force for peace and stability, the country's foreign minister Wang Yi said on Thursday…
Turkish opposition disarray lifts Erdogan’s hopes of winning back Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Disunity among Turkey's opposition parties has boosted President Tayyip Erdogan's hopes that his AK Party can regain…
N. Korea’s Kim handles gun as he inspects training base
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un brandished a gun while inspecting a major operational training base, urging his military to…
Japan’s new female ‘role models’ seek to empower other women
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike knows how important networking and mentorship are to building a career, so she's…
Five more held in tourist gang rape case
Police have arrested five more men in connection with the gang rape of a Spanish tourist, taking the total detained…
Czech farmers dump manure on Prague streets in renewed protests
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech farmers dumped manure in front of government offices and blocked Prague streets with tractors on Thursday…