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Pension withdrawals by residents leaving Hong Kong in Q3 up 1.7% on year
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Residents leaving Hong Kong for good withdrew a total of HK$2.213 billion ($283.72 million) from their Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) pension accounts in the third quarter of 202...
Nov 29, 2023
Four BTS members to begin S.Korean military service mid-December – media
SEOUL (Reuters) - The remaining four members of K-pop supergroup BTS will begin their military service in mid-December, joining the three who are already serving, South Korea's Yonhap news agency repo...
Nov 29, 2023
Pope says he is ‘still not well’ in first appearance since cancelling Dubai trip
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis sounded wheezy and limited his speaking at a public event on Wednesday, a day after he cancelled a trip to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai because of health iss...
Nov 29, 2023
‘Like brothers’: rescued Indian tunnel workers stayed hopeful through ordeal
By Saurabh Sharma CHINYALISAUR, India (Reuters) - Hope that they would be rescued soon kept many of the workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India strong through their ordeal, some of the men said...
Nov 29, 2023
New Zealand’s central bank defends Maori language use
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's central bank chief defended its use of the Maori language in official communications on Wednesday, as the country's new centre-right government loo...
Nov 29, 2023
Turkey expects to ratify Sweden’s NATO accession ‘within weeks’ – Swedish minister
By Andrew Gray and Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Turkey has told Sweden it expects to ratify its long-delayed accession to the NATO military alliance within weeks, Sweden's foreign minister said...
Nov 29, 2023
India forms committee to look into security concerns raised by US
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has set up a committee to look into security concerns raised by the United States, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The statement comes days after the White House co...
Nov 29, 2023
Increase in French motorways tolls will be lower than 3% in 2024- Minister
PARIS (Reuters) - French Transport Minister Clement Beaune said on Wednesday that the increase in highway tolls will be lower than 3% next year. "Next year the increase will be limited. It will be bel...
Nov 29, 2023
Muslims in Europe feel vulnerable to rising hostility over Israel-Gaza
By Layli Foroudi, Thomas Escritt, Andrew MacAskill and Sarah Marsh PARIS/BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - Jian Omar, a Berlin lawmaker of Kurdish-Syrian background, feels unprotected by police after sufferin...
Nov 29, 2023
US military aircraft crashes in sea off Japan, condition of crew unknown
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -A U.S. military aircraft with eight people onboard crashed into the sea in western Japan on Wednesday with fishermen reporting three people had been ...
Nov 29, 2023
