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Some 300 inmates on run after suspected Boko Haram raid on Nigeria prison

Around 300 inmates are on the run after a suspected raid by Islamist Boko Haram militants on a prison in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Tuesday night, an interior ministry official said.

Reuters · Jul 6, 2022

Heavy rain to hit parts of China in wake of Typhoon Chaba

Heavy rain is expected to hit central and southern China over the next few days as the expansive rain belts of a weakening typhoon sweep inland from the country's southern coastline.

Reuters · Jul 4, 2022

Pakistan, IMF say bailout talks make progress

Key progress has been made in talks on the revival of Pakistan's International Monetary Fund bailout programme, both sides said on Wednesday, with Islamabad expecting the lender to increase the size and duration of the 39-month, $6 billion facility.

Reuters · Jun 22, 2022

Brazil's Bolsonaro sues Supreme Court justice, ramping up feud

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday that he was suing a Supreme Court justice, marking the latest episode in a running showdown between the president and the court that could spill into the country's upcoming presidential election.

Reuters · May 18, 2022

Japan to allow limited tour groups from May as step to full re-opening

Japan said on Tuesday it would start conducting "test tourism" in the form of limited package tours in May as a way of gathering information prior to a full re-opening of the country to tourism.

Reuters · May 17, 2022

China denies suspending passports, invalidating foreign residency cards

China's immigration authority is still providing services for necessary trips outside the country, it said on Friday, denying rumours that passport issuances were halted and that residency cards for living in foreign countries were being invalidated.

Reuters · May 13, 2022

Chinese city offers Nobel Prize winners $1.5 million housing subsidies

The industrialised Chinese coastal city of Wuxi is offering Nobel Prize winners up to 10 million yuan ($1.48 million) in housing subsidies to attract top talent in a national economy that is shifting towards innovation-driven development.

Reuters · May 12, 2022

S.Korea wants to work on improving bilateral ties - Japanese foreign minister

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Tuesday Japan and South Korea agreed their worsened relationship should not be left as it is, citing his meeting with South Korea's new President Yoon Seok-yeol.

Reuters · May 10, 2022

Japan announces fresh economic sanctions against Russia

Japan announced on Tuesday new sanctions on Russia to freeze the assets of more individuals and ban exports of cutting-edge goods to some Russian groups including scientific research institutions.

Reuters · May 10, 2022

Russian climber dies at camp on Mount Everest, Nepali official says

Russian climber Pavel Kostrikin died at Camp I of Mount Everest, the first reported death of a foreigner on the world's highest peak in the current climbing season that began in March, a Nepali official said on Sunday.

Reuters · May 8, 2022