At least 15 people were feared killed and over 70 injured in a stampede when devotees gathered to take a pre-dawn holy dip to mark the most auspicious day of Mauni Amavasya.
Day: January 29, 2025
BEIJING (AP) — Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield on Wednesday — including in Moscow. Hundreds of people lined up in the hours before midnight at the Wong Tai Sin Taoist temple in Hong Kong in a bid to be among the first to put incense sticks in the stands in front of the te…
Thailand expects high-speed rail link to China to be ready in 2030 https://t.co/TqhJSHNWIN pic.twitter.com/ljRPPidm4K
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 29, 2025
Friedrich Merz, the man tipped to win Germany’s election next month is set to propose plans to restrict migration that could pass with the help of votes from the Alternative for Germany, potentially breaking a taboo on cooperation with the far-right https://t.co/qGXjGQv3Ef
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 29, 2025
Sony Group President Hiroki Totoki will add the CEO role from April 1, while incumbent Chairman and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida will remain as chairman, the entertainment and technology conglomerate said https://t.co/VGimVOqoVf
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 29, 2025
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Brazil to set up deportee reception center after contentious flight from US https://t.co/6DnCvs6gFs
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 29, 2025