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Africa Specialty Risks opens first Middle East office in Dubai
Pan-African and Middle East reinsurance group Africa Specialty Risks (ASR) has opened a new office in Dubai.The office, the company’s first in the Middle East, is located in the...
Indonesia launches first EV battery plant
Indonesia launched its first electric vehicle battery plant on Wednesday, President Joko Widodo said, as Southeast Asian countries move to gain a foothold in the emerging industry.The country, which...
What we know about the India crush that killed 121
The toll in a crush at a religious gathering in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has risen to 121, making it one of the deadliest such disasters...
Massive overcrowding, lack of exits and slippery mud contributed to deadly stampede in India
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Authorities say massive overcrowding, insufficient exits, and other factors contributed to a deadly stampede at a religious festival in Northern India that killed at least...
Cash-based Japan issues first new bills in two decades, designed against counterfeiting
TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued its first new banknotes in two decades Wednesday, yen packed with 3-D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting.Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised as “historic” the...
Dubai rowers to brave Arctic to highlight plastics pollution
At an indoor pool in Dubai, three rowers battle artificial rain and simulated waves as they train for an Arctic voyage intended to highlight the perils of marine pollution.Their...
Taiwan says China told Taiwan’s coast guard to not interfere in the detention of Taiwanese boat crew
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan said Wednesday that China ordered Taiwan’s coast guard against interfering in the detention of a Taiwanese fishing boat in what is seen as an...
Doctored Philippine news report spreads fabricated ‘survey result’ on preferred presidential candidates
As relations soured between Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte, a manipulated news report surfaced in posts that claimed an ally of the powerful Duterte family topped a...
Palestinians flee Khan Younis as Israel says 1.9 million are crammed in central Gaza
Palestinians are streaming out of eastern Khan Younis, the second-largest city in Gaza, as an Israeli evacuation order affects roughly 250,000 people, the United Nations said Tuesday.Israel’s military estimated...
Hungary’s Orban urges ceasefire on Kyiv visit
Viktor Orban arrived in Ukraine on Tuesday for an unannounced visit having just taken over as rotating president of the European Union.While in Kyiv, the Hungarian prime minister said...
