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South Korean parliament votes to allow tattooists to work without a medical license

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Tattoo artists in South Korea will no longer need to worry about being punished for doing their jobs, as the country’s parliament on Thursday approved a landmark bill to end a requirement that anyone who gives a tattoo must ...
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India considers nuclear liability fund for major accidents, sources say

By Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India plans to set up a nuclear liability fund to cover accident compensation in excess of 15 billion rupees ($169 million) owed by plant operators, in a bid to ease risk-sharing concerns among global suppliers and private firms, ...
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New Thai foreign minister calls for troop reductions with Cambodia

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand and Cambodia should scale back their military presence along their shared border and work together to de-escalate tensions, Thailand’s new foreign minister told reporters on Thursday. Formally sworn into office along with Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul a day earlier, Sihasak Phuangketkeow ...
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Security forces patrol India’s Ladakh during curfew after deadly protests

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) -Security forces patrolled the streets on Thursday in India’s Himalayan region of Ladakh, where curfew was clamped in some areas a day after four people were killed in violent protests demanding statehood for the federal territory and job quotas. Television images showed ...
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Seychelles president seeks reelection on back of economic recovery

VICTORIA (Reuters) -Seychelles will begin voting on Thursday in general elections in which incumbent President Wavel Ramkalawan and allied lawmakers are looking to block a comeback by the party that dominated the archipelago nation’s politics for four decades. The idyllic beach destination is Africa’s wealthiest ...
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Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Chile and Bangladesh seeking to join RCEP trade bloc

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Chile and Bangladesh are seeking to join the China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the world’s largest trade bloc, Southeast Asian officials said on Thursday. The RCEP currently consists of China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and ...
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Private detectives tail French workers to root out surging sick leave fraud

By Gabriel Stargardter PARIS (Reuters) -Fabrice Lehmann caught sight of his target as he left his suburban Paris home, dressed for work. He began tailing him, trying to blend in with the commuters heading into the city. A private detective since 1994, Lehmann has increasingly found ...
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Weaker Ragasa pushes across China’s southern coast toward Vietnam after causing flooding

HONG KONG (AP) — The much weaker Tropical Storm Ragasa pushed west along the southern Chinese coast toward Vietnam on Thursday after flooding streets and homes in the economic hub of Guangdong province and causing deaths in Taiwan and the Philippines. In parts of the ...
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Over 1,000 Indonesians sick from school meals in more food poisoning outbreaks

By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) -More than 1,000 children in Indonesia’s West Java have suffered food poisoning this week from school lunches, authorities said, the latest in a series of outbreaks and another setback for the president’s multi-billion-dollar free meals programme.  The mass poisoning was reported ...
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Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Zulia in Venezuela, EMSC says

(Reuters) -An earthquake of 6.5 magnitude struck Zulia in Venezuela on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The quake hit at a depth of 35 km (21.75 miles), according to EMSC. (Reporting by Angela Christy in Bengaluru; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman) Brought to you by ...
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French court to deliver verdict in Sarkozy corruption trial

PARIS (Reuters) -Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will on Thursday learn his fate in a corruption trial in which he is accused of taking millions of euros from late Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi to help finance his 2007 election campaign. French prosecutors have requested a ...
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Australia’s social media ban for teens draws praise at UN

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promoted his government’s world-first teen social media ban at an event in New York, warning the challenges posed by social media for children was “constantly evolving”. Governments and tech firms are closely watching Australia’s effort to become the ...
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