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Malaysia pressed to probe deaths of 150 foreigners in detention last year
By A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Human rights groups have urged Malaysia to investigate conditions at migrant detention centres after the government said 150 foreigners, including seven c...
Feb 23, 2023
Soccer-Physical challenge awaits China Women in busy calendar, says captain Wang
(Reuters) - The China women's soccer team will be tested physically during a busy schedule, with the players due to participate in the Asian Games and Olympic qualifiers after the World Cup, captain W...
Feb 23, 2023
Israel-Gaza border heats up after West Bank violence
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza militants fired rockets and Israel carried out air strikes across the Israel-Gaza frontier on Thursday, a day after 11 Palestinian were killed during a Israe...
Feb 23, 2023
Factbox-Five things to know about Australia’s planned Indigenous referendum
By Praveen Menon (Reuters) - Australia's government plans to hold a referendum between August and December this year on recognising the nation's Indigenous people in its constitution. The Aboriginal a...
Feb 23, 2023
UK’s Serco wins U.S. health department contract worth $690 million
(Reuters) - British outsourcer Serco Group said on Thursday it won a contract by the U.S. health department valued at about $690 million to support the government in determining eligibility of citizen...
Feb 23, 2023
Explainer-What is Australia’s Indigenous ‘Voice to Parliament’ campaign?
By Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia plans to hold a federal referendum later this year to constitutionally recognise its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through the establishmen...
Feb 23, 2023
Bearish bets on Asian FX return on renewed woes over Fed rate hikes – Reuters poll
By Tejaswi Marthi (Reuters) - Investors returned to placing bearish bets on all Asian currencies shortly after on the increasing likelihood that the U.S. Federal Reserve would continue hiking rates fo...
Feb 23, 2023
China’s COVID-19 epidemic has basically ended – health authorities
BEIJING (Reuters) - Health authorities in China said on Thursday the country's COVID-19 epidemic has "basically" ended, but it is not completely over. Officials, speaking at a news event with several ...
Feb 23, 2023
Biotech firms Redx Pharma and Jounce Therapeutics to combine business
(Reuters) - British biotech firm Redx Pharma plc and U.S.-based Jounce Therapeutics Inc will merge to create an entity specialised in small molecule-targeted therapeutics and antibody drug discovery t...
Feb 23, 2023
Prigozhin says Wagner is now receiving ammunition for Ukraine war
(Reuters) - Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force, said on Thursday that his troops had begun receiving additional supplies of ammunition after a public row with Russia's top a...
Feb 23, 2023
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