(Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday, as ties between the Asian rivals thaw against the backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of punitive tariffs on New Delhi. Modi is on his first visit to China in seven years to participate in the …
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Thousands of people flocked to one of the world’s largest indoor ski resorts in Shanghai on Thursday, seeking to beat the heat as temperatures hit around 37 degrees Celsius (98.6°F) in the Chinese city. Visitors snowboarded, skied and had snowball fights on the slopes of the 98,000 square-metre (117,207 square yard) Shanghai L+SNOW …
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HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam will hand out 100,000 dong ($3.80) to every one of its citizens to mark National Day on September 2, the government said, in a package that could cost the country as much as $380 million. The unprecedented move “continues to demonstrate the deep concern of the Party and State for all people,” …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -Kim Keon Hee, the wife of South Korea’s ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, has been indicted for bribery and other charges, a special prosecution team said on Friday, amid a widening probe into the country’s martial law crisis and scandals involving the once powerful couple. Both Yoon and Kim have been arrested …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s special prosecutors investigating the country’s recent martial law crisis have indicted former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on charges of abetting insurrection and committing perjury, a spokesperson for the prosecutors said on Friday. (Reporting by Ju-min Park, Heejin Kim; Editing by Ed Davies)
BEIJING (Reuters) -China is willing to strengthen coordination with Brazil and work with BRICS countries to resist unilateralism and bullying, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira over a phone call on Thursday. Wang also said China is willing to strengthen strategic mutual trust and support with Brazil, and deepen practical …
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(Reuters) -A joint U.S. and Japanese military exercise will see the temporary deployment of the “Typhon” intermediate-range missile in Japan, Japanese and U.S. officials said on Thursday, a move likely to anger China. The Typhon system is part of a drive by Washington to amass a variety of anti-ship weapons in Asia. The weapon drew …
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KABUL (Reuters) -Afghan officials said Pakistani drones struck homes in Nangarhar and Khost provinces late on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding seven, prompting the Taliban government to summon Pakistan’s ambassador in Kabul on Thursday in protest. In Khost’s Spera district, a southeastern border region adjacent to Pakistan’s North Waziristan, three children were killed and …
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LAHORE (Reuters) -More than one million people have been evacuated from Pakistan’s Punjab province due to flooding caused by heavy rain, the provincial disaster authority said on Thursday. (Reporting by Mubasher Bukhar, writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh)
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s forestry task force is planning a crackdown starting September 1 on mines operating without proper permits in around 4.27 million hectares (10.55 million acres) of forest areas, an official said on Thursday. The task force already launched what it called a “disciplinary operation” against illegal palm oil production in March, sending military …
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