January 5, 2025
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January 5, 2025
Massive winter storm to slam half of US with snow,…
A representational image showing a restaurant covered in frozen spray on the bank of Lake Erie. — Reuters/File WASHINGTON: A powerful winter storm began hammering the central United States on Saturday, with meteorologists warning
January 5, 2025
Indian forces clash with Maoist rebels, five dead
Indian security forces at war with Maoists seen walking in woods — AFP/File More than 10,000 people have died in decades-long insurgency. Govt stepped up efforts last year to crush long-running conflict. Clashes break
January 5, 2025
Hindutva violence at England restaurant sparks out…
Indian national can be seen attacking restaurant worker in this screengrab, in Sheffield, England. X/@Partisan_12 A restaurant in Sheffield, England became the centre of controversy and outrage after a Hindutva group reportedly vandalised the
January 4, 2025
South Korea investigators ask acting president to …
South Korea Vice Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok speaks during an interview with Reuters in Seoul, South Korea, June 16, 2016. — Reuters Finance ministry spox declines to comment on investigator’s request. Investigators secured warrant
January 4, 2025
Russia vows response after it says US-made ATACMS …
United States and South Korean troops utilising the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and South Korea’s Hyunmoo Missile II, fire missiles into the waters of the East Sea, off South Korea. — Reuters/File Russia
January 4, 2025
China market blaze kills eight, injures 15
A medical worker in protective suit gets into an ambulance at a hospital in Xuanhua district of Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China February 13, 2020. — Reuters A fire at a vegetable market in China’s
January 4, 2025
World’s oldest person dies at 116 in Japan
Tomiko Itooka celebrates her 116th birthday. — AFP/File TOKYO: The world’s oldest person, Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, has died aged 116, the city where she lived, Ashiya, announced on Saturday. Itooka, who had four
January 4, 2025
South Korea’s political crisis: What could h…
Pro-Yoon protesters attend a rally to support impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol near his official residence, in Seoul, South Korea, January 4, 2025. — Reuters South Korean investigators attempted to arrest impeached
January 4, 2025