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Taliban-led Supreme Court says 19 people lashed in northeastern Afghanistan

21 Nov 2022

KABUL (Reuters) – Nineteen people were publicly lashed in northeastern Afghanistan this month, the Taliban supreme court said on Monday, among the first major signs of the ruling group applying its strict interpretation of sharia (Islamic law) to criminal justice. “After consideration and a strict sharia investigation, each of them were sentenced to 39 lashes,” …

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Indonesia quake kills over 160, search for survivors continues

21 Nov 2022

By Johan Purnomo and Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana CIANJUR, Indonesia (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake killed more than 160 people in Indonesia’s West Java province on Monday, with rescuers searching for survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series of aftershocks. The epicentre of the 5.6 magnitude quake was near the town of Cianjur in mountainous …

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Pakistan reopens Afghan crossing shut after border hostilities

21 Nov 2022

By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan has reopened a major Afghan border crossing that was shut for trade and transit after security forces clashed last week, officials from both sides said on Monday. As the crossing opened on Monday, three people were wounded in another clash reported on a northwestern border with Afghanistan, …

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Beijing reports 316 new local COVID cases, enforces inbound travel rules

21 Nov 2022

(Reuters) – Beijing city reports 316 new local COVID cases for the 15 hours to 3 p.m. on Monday, a city official said during a briefing. China’s capital city is facing its most complex and severe COVID control situation since the start of the pandemic, Liu Xiaofeng, the deputy director of Beijing’s municipal Center for …

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China denies using force to retrieve rocket debris in South China Sea

21 Nov 2022

MANILA/BEIJING (Reuters) -China denied on Monday that one of its coastguard ships used force to retrieve a piece of a rocket floating in the ocean that was being towed by a Philippine vessel in the South China Sea. A Philippine military commander said earlier the Chinese coastguard ship “forcefully retrieved” the object by cutting a …

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China COVID cases rise, hard-hit Beijing districts shut schools

21 Nov 2022

BEIJING (Reuters) -Students in schools across several Beijing districts buckled down for online classes on Monday after officials called for residents in some of its hardest-hit areas to stay home, as COVID cases in China’s capital and nationally ticked higher. China is fighting numerous COVID-19 flare ups, from Zhengzhou in central Henan province to Chongqing …

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Two militants sentenced to death for killing U.S. blogger escape from Bangladesh court

21 Nov 2022

DHAKA (Reuters) – Two Islamist militants sentenced to death for killing a U.S. blogger critical of religious extremism escaped from a crowded court in Bangladesh’s Dhaka on Sunday. Avijit Roy, an engineer of Bangladeshi origin, was hacked to death by machete-wielding assailants in February 2015 while returning home with his wife from a Dhaka book …

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China’s CO2 emissions down since 2021 but still not at peak – report

21 Nov 2022

By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s greenhouse gas emissions have been in decline since last year but have not yet reached their peak, with the country’s policies still not fully aligned with long-term goals to limit temperature increases, a research report said on Monday. China produces nearly a third of the world’s annual carbon …

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South Korea seeks cooperation from China, Russia as U.N. meets on North Korea

21 Nov 2022

By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Monday asked for the “active cooperation” of China and Russia to prevent North Korea from conducting further missile tests, hours ahead of a U.N. Security Council meeting on the North’s test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. South Korea’s nuclear envoy Kim Gunn spoke with the Chinese …

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Malaysia’s Anwar seeks backing of old foes to form government as turmoil drags on

21 Nov 2022

By Rozanna Latiff, Mei Mei Chu and A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim sought backing from the graft-tainted incumbent coalition and his longtime rival to form a government, in a bid to gain an edge over opponent Muhyiddin Yassin, after an election delivered a hung parliament. The uncertainty over a new …

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