Taiwan labour minister apologises for ‘racist’ comments regarding Indian migrant workers
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Labour Minister Hsu Ming-chun has apologised for saying that the island planned to recruit workers from India’s north-eastern…
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Sweden joins NATO as war in Ukraine prompts security rethink
WASHINGTON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden joined NATO in Washington on Thursday, two years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine forced it to rethink…
Russia hits Ukraine’s port of Odesa during Zelenskiy and Greek PM visit
ODESA, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian missile missed Ukraine's president and the prime minister of Greece by hundreds of metres on…
US mentality has not changed despite improvement in ties: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
BEIJING: The United States continues to have “misperceptions” of China and has not honoured some of its promises, despite some…
Analysis-After March vote, Turks to feel brunt of Erdogan’s inflation fight
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey is expected to take more policy steps to cool stubbornly high inflation after this month's local…
Brazil’s Lula ready to sign EU-Mercosur deal, despite France’s growing opposition
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who met with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Brasilia…
More Chinese women choosing singledom as economy stutters
XIAN: Freelance copywriter Chai Wanrou thinks marriage is an unfair institution. Like many young women in China, she is part…
Long-sought Red Army Faction militant appears in court
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) - Daniela Klette, a member of Germany's notorious Red Army Fraction (RAF) militant group who was arrested…
Protesters knock down door of Mexico’s presidential palace
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A group protesting the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico in 2014 knocked down a door to…