By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Armenia told judges at the World Court on Monday that a blockade of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region by neighbouring Azerbaijan was designed to allow “ethnic cleansing”, a claim rejected by Baku. The Lachin corridor is the only route whereby Armenia can provide food, fuel and medicine supplies …
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By Soo-hyang Choi and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged South Korea on Monday to increase military support to Ukraine, citing other countries that have changed their policy of not providing weapons to countries in conflict following Russia’s invasion. Stoltenberg was speaking in Seoul, the first stop on a trip that will …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian police said on Monday a local trader of industrial-grade chemicals sold them as pharmaceutical-grade, leading to their use in medicated syrups that authorities suspect may have caused deaths of more than 200 children across the country. Authorities have said two ingredients, ethylene glycol (EG) and diethyelene glycol (DEG), found in some …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Flood-ravaged Auckland is forecast to receive further heavy rain in the coming days, authorities in New Zealand’s largest city said on Monday, as insurers counted the costs of what looks likely to be the country’s most expensive weather event ever. Four people lost their lives in flash floods and landslides …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech President-elect Petr Pavel is due to speak with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday, Pavel’s spokeswoman said, a highly unusual move given the lack of formal ties and a diplomatic coup for Taipei that is likely to anger China. Most countries’ leaders avoid high-level public interactions with Taiwan and its president, …
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Beijing (Reuters) – Health authorities in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan will allow unmarried individuals to raise a family and enjoy benefits reserved for married couples, in the latest effort to bolster a falling birth rate. The government dictates that only married women are legally allowed to give birth, but with marriage and birth rates …
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) -A coal train in major exporter Australia’s Queensland state derailed after it hit a freight train late on Sunday night, haulage operator Aurizon Holdings Ltd said on Monday. The accident, which did not result in any injuries, derailed a number of container wagons and damaged the train track and overhead power lines, Aurizon …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Rescuers in Japan could discern no vital signs on Monday in two foreign men, as yet unidentified, after they were swept up in an avalanche while backcountry skiing in the central prefecture of Nagano, police said. The men were among five foreigners engulfed in Sunday’s avalanche, which took place at about 2:30 p.m. …
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By Stella Qiu and Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is preparing for the arrival of thousands of Chinese students, the education minister said on Monday, days after China’s education ministry warned students enrolled overseas that online learning would no longer be recognised. Australia’s education sector, which generated A$39 billion ($27.66 billion) in export earnings …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A top Republican in the U.S. Congress on Sunday said the odds of conflict with China over Taiwan “are very high,” after a U.S. general caused consternation with a memo that warned that the United States would fight China in the next two years. In a memo dated Feb. 1 but released on …
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