Modi’s allies want funds, cabinet jobs as India coalition talks begin
NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD (Reuters) -Regional parties in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alliance demanded on Thursday more funds for their states…
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Dutch nationalist Wilders eyes win as Netherlands kicks off EU voting
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders looked set for new electoral gains on Thursday as the Netherlands kicks off…
Vietnam tycoon on death row for massive fraud illegally moved money overseas, police say
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, sentenced to death in the country's largest-ever financial fraud case,…
Czech train crash kills four, injures more than 20
PRAGUE (Reuters) -Four people died and more than 20 were injured when a passenger train collided with a freight train…
At D-Day commemoration, Biden pledges continued Ukraine support
OMAHA BEACH, France (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden made an impassioned call for the defence of freedom and democracy at…
Chinese who lost money in bank fraud detained for months after protest
SHANGHAI: When Ou Yangyun travelled to the Chinese city of Zhengzhou in February to demand recompense after his bank account…
Nepal’s honey gatherers say fewer hives threaten tradition
TAAP, Nepal (Reuters) - Aita Prasad Gurung dangled off a cliff in Nepal, carefully manipulating a long pole with a…
Ridiculed for a decade, India’s Rahul Gandhi slows Modi juggernaut
NEW DELHI: Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, mocked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his supporters for a decade as…
South Africa’s ANC leans towards unity government but meets resistance
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The African National Congress is leaning towards trying to form a government of national unity for South Africa,…