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KABUL (Reuters) -Eight-year-old Noorullah and his twin, Sanaullah, spend their days hauling yellow jerrycans on a wheelbarrow through Kabul’s dusty alleys instead of going to school – an ordeal for one family that reflects Afghanistan’s deepening water crisis. Once supplied with water from their own well, the family of 13 has had to queue at …

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -North Korea will never give up its nuclear program, the country’s Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, describing it as “tantamount to demanding it to surrender sovereignty and right to existence.” It was the first time North Korea had dispatched an official from Pyongyang …

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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said the country’s unwavering position was to further strengthen ties with China, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday. During her visit to China, she met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday, KCNA said. Li told Choe that China had highly valued the relations with North …

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By Khanh Vu NGHE AN/HANOI (Reuters) -Typhoon Bualoi tore through Vietnam’s coast on Monday, killing at least 13 people and injuring 46, the government said, while accompanying strong winds and rains damaged homes, snapped power links and flooded roads. Bualoi weakened into a depression heading for Laos after having made landfall early on Monday, and …

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LONDON (Reuters) -A Chinese woman accused of laundering bitcoin which was linked to an alleged 5 billion-pound ($6.7 billion) fraud pleaded guilty in a London court on Monday. Qian Zhimin, who was also known as Zhang Yadi, appeared at Southwark Crown Court for the first day of her trial but decided to change her pleas. …

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By Praveen Paramasivam CHENNAI, India (Reuters) -Police in India registered a criminal case against leaders of Tamil actor Vijay’s political party after a stampede at his rally killed 39 people, a senior police official said on Sunday. The dead included children and more than 50 people were injured in Saturday’s stampede in the southern state …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s ruling Communist Party will meet in October to map out the country’s social and economic development over the next five years, as the nation seeks to maintain economic momentum while fending off trade conflicts with the West. Members of the Central Committee, the largest of the party’s top decision-making bodies, will convene …

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