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By James Pomfret BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Public opinion towards China in the United States and other advanced economies has turned “precipitously more negative” under President Xi Jinping, according to a global survey by the Pew Research Center. Xi, 69, is widely expected to win a precedent-breaking third five-year term as leader at a Communist …

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PANMUNJOM, South Korea (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Thursday North Korea’s recent missile test was destabilising as she visited the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas a day after the reclusive North’s test launch of two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast. Harris said she discussed the test launch …

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CAMP BONIFAS, South Korea (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Thursday she is going to visit the Philippines later this year. Harris made the remark as she visited the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea after arriving in the South Korean capital on Thursday. (Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia rejects the court ruling in Myanmar against Australian Professor Sean Turnell and calls for his immediate release, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Thursday. A closed court in military-ruled Myanmar on Thursday sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Turnell to three years in prison on charges of violating the …

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By Will Dunham (Reuters) – For human beings and 99.8% of our fellow vertebrates, having jaws is an integral part of life. Just try eating a taco without them. But, like everything else in our bodies, jaws had to start somewhere. Researchers on Wednesday described the earliest-known vertebrates that possessed jaws as revealed by fossils …

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By Wa Lone TORONTO (Reuters) – A Myanmar beauty queen, who had spoken out against military rule in her country and became stranded at Thailand’s airport, said she was relieved but remained defiant after landing in Toronto on Wednesday. Han Lay captured global attention last year with her pageant speech on the army’s deadly suppression …

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