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By Ariba Shahid, Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Sayed Hassib KARACHI/BAMBA KOT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Earthquakes that flattened villages in eastern Afghanistan this month destroyed homes and livestock, the only assets owned by most families, leaving survivors with almost nothing to rebuild as aid runs thin. At least 2,200 people were killed and more than half …

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(Corrects date in first para to Sept 10) (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump halted the deportation of hundreds of South Korean Hyundai-LG battery plant workers arrested during an immigration enforcement raid and proposed they stay to train Americans, the Financial Times reported, citing South Korean officials. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. (Reporting …

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By David Brunnstrom, Hyunjoo Jin and Jihoon Lee WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea asked its ally the United States on Wednesday to allow hundreds of Korean workers to leave the country quickly and without handcuffs after they were detained in an immigration raid on a Hyundai construction site in the state of Georgia. South Korean …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Floods on Indonesia’s holiday island of Bali have killed at least nine this week and affected 600 people, blocking off major roads in the capital and disrupting a busy travel destination, officials said on Wednesday. Continuous heavy rains between Tuesday evening and Wednesday caused the floods and killed five people in Bali’s …

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By Jessie Pang and Joyce Zhou HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s Legislative Council on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have allowed limited legal rights for same-sex couples who had registered their marriage or relationship overseas, drawing disappointment from LGBTQ groups. The bill, introduced by the government, had proposed a registration system to grant …

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By Jana Winter and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials say solar-powered highway infrastructure including chargers, roadside weather stations, and traffic cameras should be scanned for the presence of rogue devices – such as hidden radios – secreted inside batteries and inverters. The advisory, disseminated late last month by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday condemned Israel’s strike on Qatar’s capital a day earlier, linking it to what it called the “unbalanced stance of certain external powers on Middle East issues”, in an apparent reference to the United States. Israel attempted to kill Hamas political leaders with an airstrike on Doha on …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China has approved the creation of a national nature reserve at the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, the government said on Wednesday, as Beijing moves to reinforce its territorial claims and maritime rights in the contested region. Scarborough Shoal, which Beijing calls Huangyan Island and which is known in …

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