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Indonesia may offer dual citizenship to attract overseas workers, minister says
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia may offer dual citizenship to people of Indonesian descent to entice more skilled workers into the country, a senior cabinet minister said on Tuesday. Indonesia does not recognise dual citizenship for adults, ...
Residents of northern Israel brace for possible all-out war with Hezbollah
By Andrew MacAskill HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - Eli Harel was an Israeli soldier in his early thirties when he was sent into Lebanon in 2006 to battle fighters from the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah in a bloody, largely inconclusive month-long ...
Sandoz reaches agreement with Amgen over patent dispute
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss generic and biosimilar manufacturer Sandoz said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with U.S. drugmaker Amgen resolving all patent litigation related to its U.S. denosumab biosimilars. The agreement clears the way for ...
A 98-year-old Ukraine woman walks 10 km under shelling to escape Russians
(Refiles to change media keywords from UKRAINE-CRISIS/DONETSK-ESCAPE, no changes to text) (Reuters) -A 98-year-old Ukrainian woman said she walked 10 km (6 miles) under shelling, supporting herself with sticks and sleeping on the ground, leaving ...
Australian regulator examines possible contamination of Indian spice mixes
By Rishika Sadam and Aditya Kalra HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Australia's food safety agency is collecting information on the possible contamination of spice mixes sold by Indian companies MDH and Everest to decide if a food recall is required, ...
Reported Indian role in assassination plots a 'serious matter', White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday it viewed the reported role of the Indian intelligence service in two assassination plots in Canada and the United States as a serious matter. The Washington Post reported that an officer in ...
Thirty men have died trying to leave Ukraine to avoid fighting since war started
By Oleksandr Kozhukhar KYIV (Reuters) - About 30 Ukrainian men have died trying to illegally cross Ukraine's borders and avoid fighting in the war against Russia which started in 2022, the spokesman for Ukraine's border service told Ukrinform ...
Pro-China Sogavare out of the race as Solomon Islands votes for next leader
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Manasseh Sogavare, the Solomon Islands prime minister who drew his nation close to China, sharpening the United States' focus on the strategic importance of the Pacific Islands, has bowed out of the race for ...
Philippines accuses China of damaging its vessel at hotly contested shoal
BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines on Tuesday accused China's coast guard of harassment and damaging one of its boats in a disputed area of the South China Sea, and rejected Beijing's position that it had expelled two vessels from the ...
US blasts Cuban gov't sentencing of protesters as 'unconscionable' and 'outrageous'
HAVANA (Reuters) - The United States on Monday blasted a Cuban court's decision to sentence a group of protesters to as many as 15 years in jail, calling the recent judgment "unconscionable" and "outrageous." The protests, which took place in the ...