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UPDATE 1-Jets pound Aleppo's rebel-held areas, defying U.S.
BEIRUT, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Warplanes mounted the heaviest air strikes in months against rebel-held districts of the city of Aleppo overnight, rebel officials and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday.
Some 785 members of Turkey's labor ministry sacked following coup, minister says
ANKARA, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Some 785 members of Turkey's labor ministry have been sacked for ties to the U.S.-based cleric who Ankara blames for orchestrating a failed coup in July, Turkey's labor minister said on Thursday.
Britain's MI6 intelligence agency to get 40 percent more spies: BBC says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's foreign intelligence service is to get 40 percent more spies in one of the biggest expansions since the Cold War as MI6 seeks to harness new technology, the BBC said.
KDB to extend $45 million credit line to help unload Hanjin cargo
SEOUL (Reuters) - Korea Development Bank (KDB), the lead creditor of Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd <117930.KS> said on Thursday it will offer a 50 billion won ($45 million) credit line to help Hanjin unload stranded cargo.
Just do it: Chinese city tells cadres to set example and have second child
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - With China facing a demographic crisis of stalling birth rates and a fast-ageing population, one city has taken a novel approach: a direct call to action aimed at young government officials to lead the way and have a second child.
South Korea orders battery safety measures for Samsung Note 7
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Thursday it ordered Samsung Electronics Co Ltd <005930.KS> to take additional measures to ensure that batteries used in Galaxy Note 7 handsets are safe, as the firm prepares to resume sales of the smartphone in South Korea.
High costs slowing Sri Lanka push toward solar energy
COLOMBO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An ambitious plan by the Sri Lankan government to outfit 100,000 homes with solar panels, to turn them into power producers for the national grid, may be too expensive for many families to afford, experts warn.
UPDATE 3-Pakistan's Sharif says world ignores South Asia tension at its peril
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif accused nuclear-armed rival India on Wednesday of putting unacceptable conditions on dialog and said the world would ignore rising tension in South Asia at its peril.
RPT-Abandoning discretion, Iranians proclaim their role in Syrian war
DUBAI/BEIRUT, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Abandoning a long-standing reticence, Iranians are increasingly candid about their involvement in Syria's war, and informal recruiters are now openly calling for volunteers to defend the Islamic Republic and fellow Shi'ites against Sunni militants.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative pledges $3 billion to fight disease
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan on Wednesday pledged more than $3 billion toward a plan to "cure, prevent or manage all disease within our children's lifetime."
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