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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is taking emergency action to bring more water to the drought-hit basin of the Yangtze river, deploying relief funds, seeding clouds and developing new supply sources as a record-breaking heatwave damages crops and livestock. The Ministry of Water Resources said in a notice on Wednesday that drought throughout the Yangtze river …

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By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired two cruise missiles from the west coast town of Onchon early on Wednesday, a South Korean military source said. The source added the South Korean and the United States military authorities are analysing details of the missiles’ flight, including the range. The launches come a day after …

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(Reuters) – China’s southwestern province Sichuan began limiting electricity supply to homes, offices and malls on Wednesday, due to a severe power crunch driven by extreme heat waves and drought, according to state media and one power company. Residential areas, officies and shopping malls in Dazhou, a city of 5.4 million people, were informed of …

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PARIS (Reuters) – The French government condemned on Tuesday this week’s decision by a Myanmar court to sentence deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to six years in prison, adding that France also reiterated its calls for an end to violence in the country. The court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Suu Kyi to …

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By Waruna Cudah Nimal Karunatilake COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s state of emergency imposed in the middle of last month will not be extended beyond this week, President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s media office said on Tuesday, as protests against the country’s economic devastation petered out. Lawmakers voted Wickremesinghe in as president on July 20 after his predecessor, …

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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s economy expanded 5.84% in the financial year through mid-July, helped partly by a pickup in tourist inflows, the central bank said on Tuesday, while cautioning over inflation and pressure on foreign exchange reserves. GDP had grown 4.25% in the previous year, after contracting 2.37% a year before that. …

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By Stefanno Sulaiman and Fransiska Nangoy JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia needs to reduce its energy subsidy bill possibly with a fuel-price hike, but the government would need to time the latter carefully to avoid disrupting economic growth, President Joko Widodo said in an interview with Metro TV on Tuesday. The country has tripled its subsidy budget …

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