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Mumbai: High humidity will magnify the effects of rising heat from South America to India, affecting people's ability to work and even survive, unless...

Berlin: If Angela Merkel becomes German chancellor again, nearly half of voters would want her to quit her term early, according to a poll offering a rare...

Geneva/Beirut: Months of deadlock over medical evacuations from Syria's biggest remaining siege broke late on Tuesday when a deal between Damascus and a...

Tashkent: Uzbekistan's Finance Ministry has sacked 562 employees after President Shavkat Mirziyoyev ordered it to root out inefficiency and get rid of...

London: Former US president Barack Obama said the way people communicate via social media risked splintering society and leaders had to ensure the Internet...

Beijing/Hong Kong: China's parliament on Wednesday said part of a high-speed railway station being built in Hong Kong would be regarded as mainland...

Islamabad/Singapore: General Electric's flagship gas turbines ran into problems in Pakistan earlier this year, leading to delays and lengthy outages at...

Los Angeles: A Tokyo-bound jet returned to Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday because the crew learned four hours into the flight that a passenger...

Yangon: Two Reuters journalists who have been detained in Myanmar for the past two weeks were remanded in custody for a further two weeks on Wednesday as a...

Seoul: South Korean prosecutors sought a 12-year jail term on Wednesday for Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, in a corruption case that led to...