Blast destroys part of Russia-Crimea bridge
KYIV, Oct 08 (Reuters/AP): A blast on the strategic road-and-rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimea peninsula on Saturday brought down sections of road taking traffic in one direction, prompting gleeful messages from Ukrainian officials but no direct claim of responsibility.Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and the 19-km...
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Israeli forces kill two Palestinian teens in W Bank
WEST BANK, Oct 08 (Reuters): Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian teens in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.One teen, 14, was shot in the city of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank and another was killed in the village of al-Mazra'a...
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Indonesia to export homemade Covid jab
JAKARTA, Oct 08 (Reuters): Indonesia is in talks with several African countries, including Nigeria, to export and donate its homemade COVID-19 vaccine, its developer said on Friday, after becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to approve a domestically developed COVID shot.Indonesian approval for the shot, the detailed trial data...
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Labour crunch: Malaysia's planters eye robots, drones
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 08 (Reuters): Malaysian research student Haziq Ramli wore an outfit resembling a light jetpack, with poles strapped to his biceps, to wield a long pole that clipped the sharp fronds and heavy bunches of fruit from oil palm trees nearly twice his height.Working on a three-acre (1.2-hectare)...
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North Korea defends missile launch
SEOUL, Oct 08 (AFP): North Korea on Saturday defended its recent flurry of missile tests as a legitimate defense against what it called US military threats.The reclusive communist country has conducted six sanctions-busting launches in less than two weeks, the latest coming Thursday with the firing of a pair of...
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Vietnam property tycoon held for alleged fraud
HANOI, Oct 08 (AFP): A Vietnamese property magnate who heads up the Van Thinh Phat group is in police custody facing fraud allegations, authorities said on Saturday.Company chairwoman Truong My Lan, 65, is married to a wealthy Hong Kong businessman and comes from "one of Vietnam's richest families", according to...
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