By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) – Police detained more than 200 people in Russia’s Far East and Siberia on Saturday as protesters defying bitter cold and a ban by authorities staged nationwide rallies to demand the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Navalny called on his supporters to protest after being arrested last weekend […]
Indian farmers protest 2020 Farmers’ unions have rejected an Indian government offer to put controversial reforms on hold for 18 months. The unions said the three new farm laws must be fully repealed, a move the government has ruled out. Farmers have been camped on Delhi’s outskirts since 26 November to protest against the laws, […]
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has made his first appearance since Chinese regulators cracked down on his business empire. His absence had fuelled speculation over his whereabouts amid increasing official scrutiny of his businesses. The billionaire met 100 rural teachers in China via a video meeting on Wednesday, according to local government media. Alibaba shares […]
An order has been made to remove a police chief of an affluent area of the Philippine capital, Manila, for his handling of a probe into the suspected rape and murder of an air stewardess. The case of Christine Dacera, found dead in a hotel room after a New Year’s Eve party, made headlines for […]
Indian farmers protest 2020 India’s government has offered to put three controversial farm laws, that have sparked major protests, on hold for 18 months. Farmers have been camped at Delhi’s borders since 26 November to protest against these laws that will further open up agriculture to the free market. Farmer groups who are pressing for […]
The cast and crew of Amazon Prime show Tandav have apologised after the political drama was accused of being insensitive to Hindus. Some Hindu politicians called for the show to be removed and complaints have been filed to the police. One member of the ruling BJP party claimed it was “deliberately mocking Hindu gods”. The show […]
A huge snowstorm has struck a highway in north Japan, causing a 130-car pile-up, killing one person and injuring 10. The storm blanketed a stretch of the Tohoku Expressway in Miyagi prefecture at around noon (03:00 GMT) on Tuesday. Some 200 people have been caught up in the pile-up and rescuers are currently at the […]
By Reuters Staff BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian shares ended at a more than one-week low on Monday, weighed down by non-bank financial companies (NBFCs) on fears over possible tighter rules for the sector, although gains in heavyweights HDFC Bank and Reliance Industries capped losses. The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index fell 1.06% to close at 14,281.3, […]
By Joe Brock, John Geddie, Saurabh Sharma SINGAPORE/VARANASI, India (Reuters) – A wheelbarrow and a handful of metal grids for capturing litter, emblazoned with the words “Renew Oceans,” sit rusting outside an empty, padlocked office in the Indian city of Varanasi, a short walk from the Ganges. It is all that is left of a programme, funded […]
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is due to fly back to Russia on Sunday for the first time since he was poisoned last summer, despite the authorities’ stated desire to arrest him and potentially jail him for years. Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent domestic critics, announced his […]