SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast late on Monday, South Korea’s military said, hours after a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine arrived in a naval base in the South. Japan’s defence ministry also reported the launch of what it said could be a ballistic missile by North Korea. …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China asserted on Monday that it “strictly” implements U.N. sanctions on North Korea, reacting to a letter from the Group of Seven, European Union and others that urged Beijing to stop Pyongyang from evading the measures by using Chinese waters. The letter sent on Friday expressed concern about …
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By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) – For the last eight years, Marzia Reyazee has supported her family with the earnings from her female-only beauty salon in Afghanistan, a business she spent more than $18,000 setting up. But the 34-year-old mother of two is likely to find herself without her business, and …
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HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has approved the domestic commercial use of two home-grown vaccines against African swine fever, the government said on Monday, making them the world’s first commercial vaccines against the deadly disease. The vaccines include NAVET-ASFVAC, co-developed by Navetco Central Veterinary Medicine and scientists from the United States, and AVAC ASF LIVE developed …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s election commission has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Geo news reported on Monday, the latest in a series of legal hurdles facing the cricketer-turned-politician. Khan was arrested in May by Pakistani authorities in connection with a corruption case, which sparked deadly unrest across the country. He …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -One of the main parties in Pakistan’s ruling coalition has proposed that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar lead an incoming caretaker government, party sources said, to help push on with economic reforms agreed under an IMF deal. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced the coalition will dissolve parliament next month and …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – A high-level Chinese delegation will travel to North Korea this week, the North’s official KCNA news agency reported on Monday, in the first acknowledged visit of its kind since Pyongyang shut its borders in the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic. Chinese Communist Party politburo member Li Hongzhong will take part in celebrations …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, a powerful body that enacts and amend laws when parliament is not in session, will review appointments and dismissals of officials at a meeting on Tuesday, state media reported. The announcement comes one month since Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang was last seen, with China’s …
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LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – Indian police said they arrested 74 Rohingya refugees on Monday for living “illegally” in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh – a move activists condemned as an arbitrary crackdown on people fleeing violence. The members of the Muslim Rohingya community were detained in six town and cities in the state and …
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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – The United Nations Command and North Korea have begun discussing the case of Travis King, the U.S. soldier who crossed into the North last week, the deputy commander of the U.S.-led command that oversees the Korean War truce said on Monday. King, a U.S. Army private serving in South …
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