(Reuters) -A U.S. Navy warship and a Canadian frigate made a routine transit through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the militaries of both nations said, at a time of heightened military tension between Beijing and Taipei. The transit was the second in a month by a U.S. Navy ship, and the second jointly by the …
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By Ben Blanchard and Martin Quin Pollard TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Taiwan will never allow China to “meddle” in its future, the government said on Wednesday, after a Chinese government spokesperson said Beijing was willing to make the utmost effort to strive for a peaceful “reunification” with the island. China claims democratically-governed Taiwan as its own …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand has signed a contract to buy Hermes 900 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) made by Israeli defence electronics company Elbit Systems for 4 billion baht ($107.67 million), the Thai navy said on Wednesday. The navy did not say in its statement how many drones it would buy, but said a budget had …
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ALMATY (Reuters) -Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called an early presidential election for Nov.20 on Wednesday, according to a decree published by his office, pressing ahead with a plan he announced earlier this month. The vote, which he is likely to win, will cut his current term, but will give him a longer second term after …
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By Kate Lamb and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian court began a trial on Wednesday that will examine whether a former army commander committed “crimes against humanity” over the fatal shooting of four teenagers in the country’s easternmost region of Papua in 2014. The trial, which is being run by a division of …
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DUSHANBE (Reuters) – Tajikistan accused Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday of failing to withdraw military hardware from their mutual border after last week’s deadly conflict and hiding it instead, a charge Bishkek denies. At least 100 people died and about 140,000 were evacuated when the two Central Asian nations, both of which are allied with Russia, clashed …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong will launch a monkeypox vaccination programme for “high-risk groups” from Oct. 5 following the discovery of an imported case of monkeypox this month, the city’s Department of Health said on Wednesday. Those groups include healthcare workers, laboratory personnel and people with “high-risk sexual practices” such as sex workers, it …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign minister James Cleverly on Wednesday expressed concern over tensions in the Taiwan Strait in a meeting with China’s foreign minister Wang Yi, a spokesperson said in a statement. Cleverly held a first meeting with his China’s counterpart at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. (Reporting by Farouq Suleiman, Editing …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -A clash between Nepal’s government and its head of state over controversial citizenship legislation threw the nascent republic into turmoil on Wednesday, after President Bidhya Devi Bhandari refused to sign proposed amendments in the law. The bill proposed, among other changes, to give citizenship certificates to children whose parents’ whereabouts …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Cambodian authorities said raids are underway this week at suspected cybercrime compounds across the Southeast Asian country, uncovering evidence of human trafficking, illegal confinement and torture. Regional governments and human rights workers have heaped pressure on Cambodia in recent months to rein in transnational crime rackets that traffic people into the country …
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