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Philippines will not cooperate with ICC in drugs war probe – Marcos

21 Jul 2023

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Friday his government will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into the thousands of killings committed during his predecessor’s ‘war on drugs’. Marcos maintained the ICC has no jurisdiction over the Southeast Asian country, which withdrew from the ICC in March 2019. …

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Chinese hackers breach US ambassador’s emails -WSJ

21 Jul 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Beijing-linked hackers accessed the email account of the U.S. ambassador to China in an espionage operation thought to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of U.S. government emails, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday. Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia, was also hacked in the wider …

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Taiwan investigating suspected government documents circulating on internet

21 Jul 2023

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan is investigating suspected government documents recently circulated on the internet, the island’s national security bureau told Reuters on Friday. The news agency earlier reported Taiwan was probing a potential leak of official documents including diplomatic cables and classified reports on the island’s sensitive bid to join a global trade pact. (Reporting …

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Iran denies oil on tanker seized by Indonesia belongs to Tehran

21 Jul 2023

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said the oil cargo of an Iranian-flagged supertanker seized by Indonesia last week does not belong to Tehran, Iranian state media reported on Friday. A statement from Iran’s oil ministry did not identify the owner of the cargo of MT Arman 114, an Iranian-flagged supertanker suspected of involvement in the illegal …

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About 20 missing in Bhutan as floods wash away part of hydropower plant

21 Jul 2023

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – About 20 people were missing in Bhutan after flash floods triggered by heavy rains washed away a section of a small hydroelectric plant on Thursday, a local newspaper reported. Rescue and search teams have rushed to the area, authorities said. Prime Minister Lotay Tshering is on his way to …

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India, Sri Lanka to study petroleum line, land bridge connectivity

21 Jul 2023

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India and Sri Lanka will conduct feasibility studies on petroleum line, land bridge connectivity between the countries, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, after holding talks with the Sri Lankan president in New Delhi. India’s support was critical for Sri Lanka last year after it almost ran out of dollars …

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Mounting US worries over Private Travis King after silence from North Korea

21 Jul 2023

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday voiced mounting concern over Army Private Travis King, who dashed into North Korea two days ago, saying Pyongyang had a history of mistreating captured Americans. U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, in her first public comments on the case, said Washington was fully …

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No word from North Korea on US soldier who fled across military border

20 Jul 2023

By Ju-min Park and Matt Spetalnick SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea remained silent on Thursday about a U.S. soldier who split from a tour group and made a dash across the heavily fortified border two days earlier, landing Washington in a new diplomatic quandary amid an already tense military standoff. U.S. officials said Pyongyang has …

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White House looks forward to hearing about Kissinger’s China trip

20 Jul 2023

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday expressed regret that Henry Kissinger was able to get more of an audience in Beijing than some sitting U.S. officials, after the former top diplomat held talks in China. Kissinger — an architect of normalizing ties between Washington and Beijing in the 1970s as …

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China ramps up efforts to prevent flooding from heavy rains – Xinhua

20 Jul 2023

(Reuters) – China has activated emergency response to prevent flooding in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and ramped up flood control efforts in the Hai river basin, state-run Xinhua reported on Thursday. Heavy rains and rain storms of up to 150 millimetres will lash parts of Beijing and Hebei from Thursday to Sunday, while floods are expected …

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