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By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Monday added 43 entities to an export control list, including Frontier Services Group Ltd, a security and aviation company previously run by Erik Prince, for training Chinese military pilots and other activities that threaten U.S. national security. The Test Flying Academy of South Africa, a flight school …

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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s national radio broadcaster has launched an investigation and put a staff member on leave after it said a series of news stories on its website about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had been edited to present “a false account of events”. Radio New Zealand (RNZ), which is government-funded but …

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SEOUL (Reuters) – A British man attempted to scale the world’s fifth tallest building without ropes on Monday until South Korean authorities forced him to abandon his climb more than half way up the 123-storey Lotte World Tower in Seoul. The 24-year-old man, wearing shorts, made his way up the landmark skyscraper for more than …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Monday that allegations that it was using Cuba as a spying base are false and it denounced the U.S. government and media for releasing what it called inconsistent information. A Biden administration official said on Saturday China had been spying from Cuba for some time and it had upgraded …

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By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s prime ministerial frontrunner Pita Limjareonrat will be investigated over whether he was qualified to run in last month’s election, a top official said on Monday, in another setback as he battles to win backing for his premiership. Pita, the 42-year-old leader of the progressive Move …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -China deployed a reconnaissance aircraft over Pacific waters east of Taiwan last week that Chinese media said monitored and gathered intelligence on an exercise involving the navies of the United States, Japan, France and Canada. A Y-9 cargo plane variant fitted with intelligence-gathering equipment most likely monitored and collected intelligence on the exercise, …

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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Bigger palm oil companies will not be affected by a new European Union law banning goods linked to deforestation, two of Malaysia’s largest producers of the commodity said on Monday. The EU passed a law this year banning imports of commodities linked to deforestation, a move that is expected to hurt …

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