JAKARTA (Reuters) -At least 11 people have died in the Indonesian region of Natuna on Monday after a landslide buried houses amid heavy rainfall, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said. Abdul Muhari, a disaster official, told news channel Kompas TV 11 people had died and 50 are estimated to be missing. Junainah, a disaster official …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – The United states deployed a B-52 bomber for a joint drill with its ally South Korea on Monday, in a show of force against North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, South Korea’s defence ministry said. B-52 bombers are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The air drill came ahead of combined large-scale exercises …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – The head of a small Taiwanese political party will next month become the first contender for 2024’s presidential election to visit the United States, to brief officials on his policies should he win office, though that may be a long shot. Taiwanese presidential candidates traditionally go to the United States before elections …
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By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Parts of Australia’s east including Sydney recorded their hottest day in more than two years on Monday with temperatures hitting more than 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), raising the risk of bushfires. Firefighters are working to contain nearly 40 bushfires across New South Wales, the home state of one-third of …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng warned on Monday the island has to be on alert this year for a “sudden entry” by the Chinese military into areas close to its territory amid rising military tensions across the Taiwan Strait. China has stepped up its military activities around Taiwan in recent years, including almost …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo said on Monday he supports the country’s election commission in mounting an appeal against a controversial court ruling that calls for the 2024 presidential and general elections to be delayed. His comments come after a Jakarta district court last week ordered the national poll body (KPU) to halt …
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By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani police on Sunday served arrest warrants to former prime minister Imran Khan to ensure his appearance in court on charges of misusing his office to sell state gifts, authorities said, after Khan’s supporters tried to prevent police entry into his home. The election commission of Pakistan had …
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(Reuters) – Azerbaijani troops and ethnic Armenians exchanged gunfire on Sunday in Azerbaijan’s contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, killing at least five people, according to reports from Azerbaijan and Armenia. Nagorno-Karabakh was the focal point of two wars that have pitted Azerbaijan against Azerbaijan in the more than 30 years since both ex-Soviet states have achieved …
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By Thomas Peter and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) -China set a modest target for economic growth this year of around 5% on Sunday as it kicked off the annual session of its National People’s Congress (NPC), which is poised to implement the biggest government shake-up in a decade. The economy gave one of its weakest …
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By Ruma Paul and Sudipto Ganguly DHAKA (Reuters) -A big fire at a camp for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh destroyed homes and sent thick black clouds of smoke through the area on Sunday before being brought under control. The blaze erupted at Camp 11 in Cox’s Bazar, a southeastern border district where more than a …
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