Japanese pray for end to pandemic in annual ice bath ritual at Tokyo shrine
Tokyo (Reuters) – Men wearing traditional loin clothes and women dressed in white robes clapped and chanted before going into
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National power grid breakdown plunges Pakistan into darkness
Karachi (Reuters) – A breakdown in Pakistan’s national power grid plunged the country into darkness on Saturday night, officials said.
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Indonesian plane loses contact after take-off, more than 60 thought to be aboard
Jakarta (Reuters) – A Sriwijaya Air plane thought to have 62 people on board lost contact after taking off from
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Indonesia Islamic council aims for halal ruling before mass vaccination
Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesia’s highest Muslim clerical council aims to issue a ruling on whether a COVID-19 vaccine is halal,
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China says US will pay ‘heavy price’ for interfering in Hong Kong arrests
Beijing (Reuters) – China said on Thursday that the United States will pay a “heavy price” for its wrongdoing, after
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India to hold online national ‘cow science’ exam
New Delhi (AFP) – India will hold a mass nationwide online “cow science” exam next month, in the latest push
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Afghan peace talks to begin on Saturday in Doha
Kabul (Reuters) – Negotiating teams representing the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents held a preparatory meeting on Wednesday in the
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Hong Kong arrests 53 for plot to ‘overthrow’ government in latest crackdown on dissent
Hong Kong (Reuters) – Hong Kong police arrested 53 people in dawn raids on democracy activists on Wednesday in the
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American lawyer arrested by HK police in national security crackdown
Hong Kong (Reuters) – Police in Hong Kong arrested an American lawyer under the city’s national security law on Wednesday,
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Thousands of Pakistani Shia mourn miners killed in attack claimed by ISIS
Balochistan (AFP) – Thousands of mourners from a minority Shia community in Pakistan on Monday protested alongside the bodies of
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