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South Korea's experimental novelist Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel literature
STOCKHOLM - South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for "her intense poetic prose that confronts historical...
Oct 11, 20244 min read
Exclusive-World Bank board approves new Ukraine fund, with money from US, Japan, Canada, sources say
WASHINGTON - The World Bank's executive board on Thursday approved the creation of a financial intermediary fund (FIF) to support...
Oct 11, 20242 min read
Argentina's triple-digit inflation slows, but cash-strapped workers struggle to pay bills
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's triple-digit inflation, among the world's highest, is starting to slow down but this offers little relief for...
Oct 11, 20242 min read
Mozambique counts votes amid allegations of irregularities
MAPUTO - Votes were being counted by Mozambique's national election authorities on Thursday as civil society monitors were compiling a...
Oct 11, 20242 min read
Exclusive-Harris overtakes Trump among suburban voters, Reuters/Ipsos polling shows
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has erased Republican rival Donald Trump's advantage in the vast middle of...
Oct 11, 20244 min read
Israeli airstrike kills 28 people sheltering in Gaza school
CAIRO - An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza killed at least 28 people including women and...
Oct 11, 20243 min read
Exclusive-Stop Israel from bombing Iran's oil sites, Gulf states urge US
DUBAI - Gulf states are lobbying Washington to stop Israel from attacking Iran's oil sites because they are concerned their own oil...
Oct 11, 20244 min read
Captain's gender had nothing to do with sinking of New Zealand naval ship, says defence minister
WELLINGTON - New Zealand's Defence Minister on Thursday publicly criticised online trolling of the female captain of a naval vessel that...
Oct 11, 20242 min read
Russia hits civilian, critical infrastructure, injures 10 in Ukraine
KYIV - Attacks by Russian forces on Ukraine overnight and on Thursday across the country hit civilian and critical infrastructure...
Oct 11, 20242 min read
China cannot represent Taiwan and should work with Taipei on global challenges, Lai says
TAIPEI - China has no right to represent Taiwan, but the island is willing to work with Beijing to combat challenges like climate change,...
Oct 11, 20243 min read
Ukraine's vast forests devastated in hellscape of war
SVIATI HORY NATIONAL PARK, Ukraine - Serhiy Tsapok surveyed the smouldering ruins of pine trees, blackened stumps as far as the eye can...
Oct 11, 20245 min read
Exclusive-Iraq set to pay high price for bumper wheat harvest
DUBAI/NAJAF, Iraq - A bumper harvest and a hefty grain surplus in Iraq, typically one of the Middle East's biggest wheat importers, has...
Oct 11, 20244 min read
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