By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his willingness to visit Pyongyang soon when he met with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in Russia last week, North Korea’s state news agency KCNA reported on Sunday. Putin also thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for his invitation to visit, KCNA …
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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr drew flak on social media for his use of a presidential helicopter to attend a concert by British rock band Coldplay in a province north of the capital, Manila. The Philippine Arena, the world’s largest indoor arena, saw an influx of 40,000 concert-goers resulting in “unforeseen traffic …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – More than 10,000 New Zealand Maori congregated in the central North Island on Saturday to discuss how to respond to government plans that are seen by many Indigenous groups as undermining their rights and status. Maori King Tuheitia, who hosted the event, told attendees their voices matter but it …
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By Saurabh Sharma and Tanvi Mehta AYODHYA, India (Reuters) – The private jet parking lots at airports near the Indian city of Ayodhya are full and the shops have run out of gold-plated idols, as wealthy devotees prepare for the invite-only opening ceremony of one of Hinduism’s holiest temples. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors have indicted the head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency​, charging him with contributing through negligence to the Halloween crowd crush in Seoul in 2022​ that killed nearly 160 people, according to the Seoul Western District Prosecutors Office. The indictment of Seoul police chief Kim Kwang-ho came more than …
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By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) – As Hindu devotees prepare to inaugurate a grand temple to one of their holiest deities, India’s minority Muslims plan to begin building a new mosque in the same city later this year, hoping to make a fresh start after a bloody, decades-long dispute. Haji Arfat Shaikh, the head …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India has deferred a 50-billion-rupee ($601.78 million) plan to fill parts of its strategic petroleum reserve, keeping in mind emerging trends in oil markets, the finance ministry said on Saturday. In the federal budget for 2023-24, the government had outlined a plan to purchase crude oil worth 50 billion rupees for caverns …
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By Siddhi Nayak MUMBAI (Reuters) -India’s ICICI Bank reported a better-than-expected third-quarter profit on Saturday, helped by robust loan growth, although its net interest margin (NIM) shrank for the fourth straight quarter. The country’s second-biggest private bank reported a record high standalone net profit of 102.72 billion rupees ($1.24 billion) in the quarter ended Dec. …
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By Siddhi Nayak MUMBAI (Reuters) -India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank reported lower-than-expected third-quarter net profit on Saturday, weighed down by higher bad loan provisions and shrinking lending margins. The private bank reported standalone net profit of 30.05 billion rupees ($361.7 million) in the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared to analysts’ expectations of 31.94 billion rupees, per …
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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian conglomerate Tata Group has bagged the title sponsorship of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for 2024-28 for a “record-breaking” $300 million, the league organisers said on Saturday. Backed by celebrity franchise owners and featuring the best players in international cricket, IPL has become the world’s richest T20 …
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