By Ananda Teresia and Idrees Ali JAKARTA (Reuters) – The first time Prabowo Subianto lost a presidential bid, he claimed there had been “massive” fraud. The second time, the former special forces commander initially said he did not accept the election results, but later joined the winner’s cabinet. Prabowo dominated this years’ presidential election, his …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president accused North Korea on Thursday of deploying officers alongside Russia and preparing to send thousands of troops to help Moscow’s war effort, although NATO’s chief said there was no evidence of Pyongyang’s presence at this stage. Western countries have long accused North Korea of sending weapons to Russia, and in …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – China is strengthening enforcement with nations such as the United States to combat smuggling and other serious crimes, state media reported on Friday, citing the country’s National Immigration Administration. Smugglers and cross-border criminal groups at home and abroad have recently been “deceiving some people to participate in smuggling activities”, the administration …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s National Health Commission (NHC) is surveying 30,000 people to understand factors influencing their attitudes towards childbearing and the “fear surrounding having children”, as authorities struggle to boost a flagging birthrate. The survey will include people from 150 counties in China and 1,500 different communities, the state-backed Global Times said late …
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By Daniel Leussink HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Having survived the atomic bomb that flattened his hometown of Hiroshima when he was nine months old, Kunihiko Sakuma has never forgotten the stain it left on him in the eyes of some of his fellow Japanese. Growing up, he constantly heard rumours that survivors carried diseases and …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Foreign minister David Lammy will arrive in China on Friday seeking to demonstrate Britain’s new government is taking a pragmatic and strategic approach to building ties with Beijing, even while acknowledging areas of sharp disagreement. The Labour government, elected in July, wants to show it is serious about engaging with China, balancing …
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By Laura Gottesdiener and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of families whose loved ones died of fentanyl overdoses filed a petition with the office of U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Thursday, requesting a probe into China’s alleged role in fueling the U.S. synthetic opioid crisis. The petition was filed under Section 301 of …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has charged a former Indian intelligence officer for allegedly directing a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist and Indian critic in New York City, with the FBI warning against such a retaliation aimed at a U.S. resident. An indictment of Vikash Yadav was ordered to be …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said South Korea is a foreign and hostile country, state media KCNA said on Friday. The remarks come a day after KCNA said North Korea’s national assembly amended the constitution to designate South Korea a “hostile state”, in line with Kim’s vow to drop unification of the …
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By Alison Withers and Gloria Dickie (Reuters) – The mass bleaching of coral reefs around the world since February 2023 is now the most extensive on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) told Reuters this week. A staggering 77% of the world’s coral reef areas – from the Atlantic to the Pacific to …
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