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BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, but the strain does not appear to sprea...

CAIRO (Reuters) - El-Gaish goalkeeper Mohamed Shaaban was taken to hospital after being hit by fireworks during an Arab Club Champions Cup game against Ahly Tripoli in Libya on Tuesday. Home fans thre...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The ratio of Japanese households expecting prices to rise a year from now stood at 85.7% in March, rising from 85.0% in December, a Bank of Japan (BOJ) quarterly survey showed on Wed...

By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's economy is likely to have expanded at a slower pace in the first quarter, posing a challenge for the central bank as it seeks to balance containing persis...

By Kate Abnett, Marwa Rashad and Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Political pressure is building within the European Union to tackle the daunting challenge of closing a loophole in its e...

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's health minister who championed the legalisation of cannabis is hoping the reform will help deliver gains in next month's elec...

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi, James Mackenzie and Parisa Hafezi AMMAN (Reuters) - Iran has used earthquake relief flights to bring weapons and military equipment into its strategic ally Syria, nine Syrian, ...

OSLO (Reuters) -Truck maker AB Volvo reported record first-quarter profits as revenue and margins rose, a preliminary filing showed late on Tuesday, in a sign the Swedish company had begun to overcome...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican prosecutors have launched criminal proceedings against top immigration officials as they investigate a fire that killed 40 migrants in a detention center last month, th...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's approval ratings edged lower due to public dissatisfaction over his government's handling of inflation, but he remains popular, an opinion...