By Gregor Stuart Hunter
SINGAPORE, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Asian stocks advanced for a second day in early trading on Tuesday, led by an extended rally in Tokyo's benchmark after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's decisive election victory over the weekend.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.4%, while the Nikkei 225 jumped 2.1%, rising for a third consecutive day to a fresh record high.
... (continue reading...)By Tora Agarwala
DHAKA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - China’s influence in Bangladesh, boosted by the 2024 ouster of New Delhi‑aligned leader Sheikh Hasina, is likely to deepen after this week's election, although politicians and analysts say India is too large a neighbour to be sidelined completely.
Bangladesh votes on February 12 and the two frontrunner parties have historically had far cooler ties with India than Hasina did during her... (continue reading...)
Feb 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is expected to cut about $600 million in public health grants to California, Minnesota, Illinois and Colorado because they do not align with the White House's priorities, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Reuters could not verify the report. The HHS did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.
... (continue reading...)Feb 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Monday said it launched a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people and leaving one survivor, the latest such incident.
President Donald Trump's administration has touted its success in recent weeks at taking out suspected drug trafficking vessels.
The military said in a post on X that the vessel was "engaged in narco-trafficking operations."
Reuters... (continue reading...)
(Corrects source to Public Health Department from Medical Examiner’s Office in headline and paragraph 1)
By Danielle Broadway
LOS ANGELES, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Catherine O’Hara, the comic actor known for “Schitt’s Creek” and “Home Alone,” died of a pulmonary embolism, according to her death certificate released by the Los Angeles County Public Health Department and shared by TMZ on Monday.
The death certificate also listed... (continue reading...)
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