Thai ex-PM Thaksin visits hometown for first time since 2006 ouster
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived by private jet on Thursday to visit his northern hometown…
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Exclusive-Nigerian kidnappers demand $620,000 for release of school hostages, local authorities say
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen who kidnapped 286 students and staff from a school in northern Nigeria last week have…
Ukrainian drones damage Russian oil refineries in second day of attacks
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine struck Russian oil refineries in a second day of heavy drone attacks on Wednesday, causing a…
Greece’s Crete and Gavdos islands see surge in migrant boats from Libya
ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek islands of Crete and Gavdos have seen a steep rise in migrant boats landing on…
Global child mortality rates dropped in 2022 but progress slow, UN says
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of children globally who died before their fifth birthday dropped to a record low of…
Turkey, Iraq to hold high-level talks on security, energy in Baghdad, Ankara says
ANKARA (Reuters) - Senior officials from Turkey and Iraq will meet in Baghdad on Thursday to discuss energy cooperation, as…
Poland’s Tusk says US Republicans may cost ‘thousands of lives’ over Ukraine vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday that "the fate…
Sports and music lessons for China’s kids in sharp decline as purse strings tighten
BEIJING: Last August, Zhang Zhaolin pulled her 10-year-old son out of soccer classes that he loved after she was laid…
Britain to offer failed asylum seekers 3,000 pounds to move to Rwanda
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government is planning to pay asylum seekers up to 3,000 pounds ($3,836) each to move…