BEIJING (Reuters) -A train marked with a North Korean flag and other visible design features consistent with one that has been used by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was seen travelling on a railway track in Beijing, Reuters witnesses said on Tuesday. Shortly after the train was spotted, a motorcade with a North Korean …
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By Phuong Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam celebrated the 80th anniversary of its declaration of independence from colonial rule on Tuesday, with its largest military parade in decades, unprecedented cash handouts and the release of nearly 14,000 prisoners. Tens of thousands of people crowded the streets of the capital Hanoi, most of whom …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China will extend visa-free travel to ordinary passport holders from Russia on a trial basis, its foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The visa exemption will be for a period of a year from September 15, with entry to China of no more than 30 days. (Reporting by Colleen Howe; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
By Ju-min Park and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed the border into China on his special train early on Tuesday to attend China’s celebration of the formal surrender of Japan in World War Two, North Korean state media said on Tuesday. Kim left Pyongyang for China on Monday and …
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(Reuters) -One of the Kremlin’s most senior hawks, Nikolai Patrushev, hopes that Japan will stop pursuing a policy of militarisation toward Russia and China, he said in remarks published on Tuesday, voicing concerns that NATO could use its fleet in combat. A former KGB officer and a Cold War warrior who crafted the Kremlin’s national …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will attend the United Nations General Assembly this month and will also lead a Security Council meeting during the visit, his spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Jack KimEditing by Ed Davies)
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain set out emergency funding support for those affected by the recent earthquakes in Afghanistan, saying it would ensure that the aid does not go to the South Asian country’s current Taliban administration by channelling it through its partners. Sunday’s disaster – one of Afghanistan’s worst earthquakes – has killed more than 800 …
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By Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) -One of Afghanistan’s worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800, authorities said on Monday, as rescuers struggled to reach remote areas due to rough mountainous terrain and inclement weather. The disaster will further stretch the resources of the war-torn nation’s Taliban administration, already grappling with …
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(Reuters) -Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will hold bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at China’s World War Two anniversary celebrations in Beijing this week, Fico said on Monday. He will then meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in eastern Slovakia on Friday, he said in a statement. Fico, who …
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By Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) -The shrinking of funding for Afghanistan, led by U.S. aid cuts, was hampering the response on Monday to a powerful earthquake in the east, with dozens of clinics closed and a helicopter out of use, humanitarian officials said. The magnitude 6 tremor hit overnight, levelling villages, killing at least 800 …
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