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By Tanvi Mehta NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned the alleged sexual assault of women in Manipur state as “shameful” and promised tough action, his first comments on ethnic clashes in the remote northeast which have killed at least 125 people. The clashes began in early May and much of the violence was put down by the middle of that month. However, sporadic violence and killings […]

By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – President Joe Biden travels on Thursday to Philadelphia to pitch the promise of a green economy to union workers skeptical that the solar, wind and electric vehicle industries can deliver the same economic punch for organized labor as fossil fuel-powered refineries and power plants. Biden is trying to reshape the U.S. economy by investing billions of taxpayer dollars in green technology, while forcing companies […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – It is China’s “priority” to stop Taiwan’s vice president and presidential frontrunner William Lai from visiting the United States next month, the country’s ambassador in Washington said on Wednesday, as Beijing steps up its warnings against the trip. China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has stepped up military and political pressure over the past three years to try and force the island to accept Beijing’s […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner group will help train Belarusian special forces during exercises at a military range near the border with NATO-member Poland, the Belarusian defence ministry said on Thursday. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was shown in a video on Wednesday welcoming his fighters to Belarus, telling them they would take no further part in the Ukraine war for now but ordering them to gather their strength for […]

BERLIN (Reuters) – Police have warned the public to stay indoors on the south-western edge of Berlin while they search for a wild animal in the area believed to be an escaped lion. A police operation began overnight with two helicopters deployed and was expanded in the early hours of Thursday as a hundred officers hunted for the animal, said a police spokesperson in Brandenburg, the sparsely populated state surrounding […]

By Amy Tennery, Irene Wang, Nathan Frandino and Praveen Menon AUCKLAND (Reuters) -At least two people and an armed attacker were killed and five others wounded in a shooting in New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland on Thursday, hours ahead of the opening match of the Women’s soccer World Cup in the city. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the soccer tournament would proceed as planned, adding the shooting appeared to […]

HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court sentenced a man to three months imprisonment on Thursday for allegedly insulting China’s national anthem by splicing a protest song onto a video clip of a Hong Kong athlete being presented a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Magistrate Minnie Wat said a deterrent sentence was needed as the anthem is a symbol of a country’s dignity and territorial integrity. Photographer Cheng […]

By Laurie Chen, Martin Quin Pollard and Kate Lamb BEIJING/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Days before a conference of foreign ministers this month, China told host Indonesia it was switching its representative due to “unexpected circumstances”, prompting a scramble in Jakarta to resize the traditional gift of a shirt for attendees. The planned recipient of the colorful batik top was Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang, who has not been seen in nearly […]

HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court sentenced a man to three months imprisonment on Thursday for allegedly insulting China’s national anthem by splicing a protest song onto a video clip of a Hong Kong athlete being presented a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Magistrate Minnie Wat said a deterrent sentence was needed as the anthem is a symbol of a country’s dignity and territorial integrity. Photographer Cheng […]