By Sarah Marsh and Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will expand its military presence in the Indo-Pacific by sending more warships and joining drills with allies as it keeps an eye on the “enormous” build-up of China’s armed forces, the German defence chief told Reuters. Germany is joining other Western nations in showing more …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China said on Wednesday that a condition for the resumption of bilateral climate talks with the United States was Washington dispelling the “negative influence” left by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan earlier this month. In response to the visit on Aug. 2-3, China on Aug. 5 suspended bilateral …
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By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan said on Wednesday it would exercise its right to self-defence and counter-attack if Chinese armed forces entered its territory, as Beijing increased military activities near the democratically governed island. Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its own against the strong objections of the Taipei government, has held military exercises around …
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By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban marked the first anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces on Wednesday by calling on the international community to “learn” from the experience and accept them as the legitimate government. The withdrawal, completed a minute before midnight on Aug. 30, 2021, came as the Taliban swept …
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By Kate Lamb and Yuddy Cahya Budiman NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Officials from the Group of 20 major economies meeting on Wednesday for climate talks in Bali have been unable to agree a joint communique, amid objections over language used on climate targets and the war in Ukraine, two sources told Reuters. Indonesia’s Environment …
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BEKASI, Indonesia (Reuters) – At least 10 people have been killed, including some children, after a truck crashed on Wednesday near a bus stop outside a school in Indonesia’s West Java province, police said. The students were waiting at the bus stop after class in the city of Bekasi, when the truck veered toward them …
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(Reuters) – Some pro-Kremlin politicians and commentators criticised the legacy of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednesday, while state media reported his death in mostly low-key fashion. Gorbachev’s passing was the first item on Russia’s flagship Channel One news bulletin, where a five-minute retrospective emphasised his desire to improve the Soviet economy and his …
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By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s aides are reaching out to Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to form a united front of countries with the most tropical rainforest at this year’s U.N. climate talks if the leftist wins a new term. The United Nations Climate …
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By Jibran Ahmad and Asif Shahzad CHARSADDA, Pakistan (Reuters) -Torrential rains and flooding have submerged a third of Pakistan and killed more than 1,100 people, including 380 children as the United Nations appealed for aid on Tuesday for what it described as an “unprecedented climate catastrophe.” Army helicopters plucked stranded families and dropped food packages …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s coronavirus curbs have aggravated the country’s human rights violations, a United Nations report said on Thursday, citing extra restrictions on access to information, tighter border security and heightened digital surveillance. The report, released by the U.N. human rights office in Seoul and to be presented to the …
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