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BEIJING (Reuters) – Several cities in northern China broke heat records for June this week, with soaring temperatures straining the country’s electricity supplies and leading authorities to hold mock emergency drills. Since March, China has experienced higher-than-normal temperatures. Weather experts have predicted extreme conditions throughout the country that could eclipse last year’s sizzling spell, which …

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By Yukiko Toyoda and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -The U.S. expects a “transformational moment” in India ties during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming trip to Washington, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser said as he downplayed chances for a diplomatic breakthrough in China when U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits next week. “Secretary Blinken’s …

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By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan enacted a law on Friday meant to promote understanding of the LGBT community that critics say provides no human rights guarantees, though some conservative lawmakers said the measure is too permissive. Japan, the only Group of Seven (G7) nation that does not have legal protection for same-sex unions, had …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s attorney general’s office has named three palm oil companies as suspects in a corruption investigation, alleging misconduct in obtaining export permits at a time when shipments were being restricted. The investigation comes after Indonesia’s Supreme Court last month upheld a lower court’s jailing of executives at those companies for manipulating documents …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said it would cooperate with a Canadian government probe triggered by a senior employee’s resignation in protest over what he alleged was Chinese Communist Party influence. Bob Pickard, a Canadian national and former global communications chief for the AIIB, announced his resignation in a scathing …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – National security advisers for the United States, Japan and South Korea on Thursday discussed maintaining stability in the Taiwan Strait and coordination over the East China and South China Seas, the White House said in a statement. The White House’s Jake Sullivan, along with his counterparts at a trilateral meeting in Tokyo, …

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