Clicking towards record: India’s festival season spurs online shopping spree
New Delhi (Reuters) – Run off their virtual feet at the start of India’s festival season, e-commerce companies like Amazon (AMZN.O) and
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India says Canadian senate speaker to skip G20 event in New Delhi
New Delhi (Reuters) – Canada’s Senate speaker will not attend a two-day G20 event in New Delhi this week, India
Read MoreAt least four killed as train derails in India
(Reuters) – At least four people were killed and about 80 injured as an express train derailed in the Indian
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China, India hold military chief-level talks on border issues
Beijing (Reuters) – China and India held the 20th round of military chief-level talks on Oct.9-10, the Chinese defence ministry
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Afghanistan earthquakes a ‘disaster on top of a disaster’, World Food Programme says
Karachi (Reuters) – The World Food Programme on Wednesday called the recent Afghanistan earthquakes a ‘disaster on top of a
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Sri Lanka says it has deal with China EXIM bank covering $4.2 bln of debt
Colombo (Reuters) – Sri Lanka has reached an agreement with the Export-Import Bank of China to cover about $4.2 billion
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EU, UN, several countries pledge aid to earthquake-striken Afghanistan
Islamabad (Reuters) – Another major earthquake rattled western Afghanistan on Wednesday, just days after one of the world’s deadliest earthquakes killed more
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Another quake strikes western Afghanistan; official says more homes destroyed
Kabul (Reuters) – A strong earthquake rattled Afghanistan’s western province of Herat on Wednesday, forcing authorities to redeploy relief and
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IMF says Sri Lanka debt talks ongoing, unaware of specific deals
Marrakech (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund had not been informed about any specific agreements regarding Sri Lankan debt talks,
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Australia police says pro-Palestinian protest plans ‘unauthorised’
Sydney (Reuters) – Australian police said on Wednesday a pro-Palestinian protest scheduled for the weekend in Sydney will be an
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