China’s Tibet offers college exam takers a spot if their parents invest US$400,000
BEIJING: Tibet is luring investors from elsewhere in China with a promise to let their children take university entrance exams…
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Prince Harry’s landline calls bugged by Murdoch papers, lawyers say
LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid papers bugged Prince Harry's landline phones and accessed the messages on the pager…
Arizona independents in play as Biden pushes big Intel investments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's move on Wednesday to pump $19.5 billion into Intel's expanding chip-making business could pay…
India’s opposition struggles to battle Modi juggernaut
NEW DELHI: Living a precarious existence on odd jobs, manual labourer Virender Singh says his relentless struggles to make money…
Ukrainian women tell of beatings and threats under Russian occupation
KYIV (Reuters) - Alla Antonova says she suffered beatings, had a plastic bag thrust over her head and endured many…
Assange team sees no sign of resolving US charges after reported plea deal talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A lawyer for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said on Wednesday his legal team saw no indication of…
Australia earmarks billions for naval infrastructure as BAE wins AUKUS submarine work
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said Thursday it would spend billions on docks, shipyards and factories at home and in Britain…
Prosecutors charge Bolsonaro’s son in money laundering probe, O Globo reports
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors have charged Jair Renan Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, for alleged crimes…
Navalny’s mother fails with suit alleging improper medical care, ally says
LONDON (Reuters) -The mother of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has failed with a lawsuit alleging he had received…