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China’s grinning and corrupt ‘watch brother’ gets time

YoopyaSep 5, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – A Chinese provincial official was jailed for 14 years on Thursday for corruption after pictures of him grinning at the scene of an

U.S. resolution on Syria strike passes first hurdle in Senate

YoopyaSep 5, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s effort to win legislative backing for military strikes against Syria passed its first hurdle on Wednesday when a Senate committee voted in favor,

Analysis: Surprise or not, U.S. strikes can still hurt Assad

YoopyaSep 5, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – It would hardly be a surprise to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad or his military if American missiles start hitting Syria soon. With weeks to prepare

Indian rupee in sharp rebound on suspected heavy intervention

YoopyaSep 4, 2013June 15, 20230

(Reuters) – The Indian rupee staged a sharp recovery on Wednesday after suspected heavy dollar selling by the central bank, preventing the battered currency from

Record radiation readings near Fukushima contaminated water tanks

YoopyaSep 4, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – Radiation readings around tanks holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have spiked by more than a fifth to their highest

Afghan Taliban target U.S. army base as attacks mount

YoopyaSep 2, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – Taliban fighters attacked part of a U.S. military outpost in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Monday, officials said, less than a

Iraq protesters rail against lawmaker pensions

YoopyaAug 31, 2013April 14, 20240

BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Iraqi cities on Saturday to protest lawmakers’ perks despite an intense security crackdown, and

India convicts youngest Delhi gang rape defendant

YoopyaAug 31, 2013April 14, 20240

NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian juvenile court on Saturday handed down the first conviction in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on

Earthquake kills 5 people in southwest China

YoopyaAug 31, 2013April 14, 20240

BEIJING (AP) — An earthquake hit a mountainous area of southwestern China on Saturday, killing at least five people, destroying hundreds of residences and forcing

Putin says would be ‘utter nonsense’ for Assad to use chemical arms

YoopyaAug 31, 2013April 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday it would be “utter nonsense” for the Syrian government to use chemical weapons when it was