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(Reuters) -India’s Supreme Court on Monday asked the government to respond to a plea seeking an independent investigation into the Air India plane crash on June 12 that killed 260 people. The top court was responding to a public interest litigation filed by NGO Safety Matters Foundation, marking its first examination of the probe being …

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By Uditha Jayasinghe WARIYAPOLA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) -Nissanka Arachchige Vimukthi Sandaruwan beat more than 1,000 anglers to become champion of a unique competition to protect native fish from invasive giant snakehead fish in central Sri Lanka. A native of southeast Asia, giant snakehead fish are considered an invasive species in many countries. Kept as pets …

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TOKYO (Reuters) -The race to choose the next leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party officially kicked off on Monday, with five lawmakers vying to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The next leader, set to be chosen by party members and lawmakers in an October 4 ballot, is likely to be elected prime minister …

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SEOUL (Reuters) -The leader of the Unification Church religious empire, Han Hak-ja, faced a court in South Korea on Monday that is considering a warrant to detain her in a probe of the wife of ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol for corruption. If the court approves the warrant, Han, 82, will be imprisoned while a …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -A group of U.S. lawmakers on a rare visit to Beijing told China’s No.2 leader, Premier Li Qiang, that the world’s two largest economies need to step up engagement and “break the ice” as both superpowers made further inroads into stabilising ties. The visit on Sunday was the first House of Representatives delegation …

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(Reuters) -A Chinese journalist jailed for four years after documenting the early phases of the COVID-19 outbreak from the pandemic’s epicentre was sentenced on Friday to four more years in prison, Reporters Without Borders said. Zhang Zhan, 42, was sentenced on a charge of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” in China, the same charge that …

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