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Japanese foreign minister: executions will further isolate Myanmar

25 Jul 2022 25 Jul 2022

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Monday that the Myanmar junta’s execution of four democracy activists will further isolate Myanmar in the international community, and is a matter of deep concern. Hayashi, in a statement, added that the move will sharpen national sentiment and deepen conflict, and that it goes against …

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Factbox-The activists put to death by Myanmar’s military rulers

25 Jul 2022 25 Jul 2022

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out “terror acts” in opposition to last year’s army coup against an elected government. The southeast Asian nation’s first executions in decades come as the ruling generals seek to put down armed resistance to their Feb. 1, 2021 seizure of power …

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U.S. helicopters hold first live-fire drills in S.Korea since 2019

25 Jul 2022 25 Jul 2022

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -U.S. Army Apache attack helicopters based in South Korea are holding live-fire drills with rockets and guns for the first time since 2019, as the allies step up military exercises amid tension with North Korea. Training resumed at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex just south of the heavily fortified Demilitarised …

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Ukraine works to resume grain exports, flags Russian strikes as risk

24 Jul 2022 24 Jul 2022

By Natalia Zinets and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with efforts to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports under a deal aimed at easing global food shortages but warned deliveries would suffer if a Russian missile strike on Odesa was a sign of more to come. President Volodymyr …

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Pope arrives in Canada on tour of ‘penance’ for indigenous abuse

24 Jul 2022 24 Jul 2022

By Philip Pullella and Timon Johnson EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) -Pope Francis landed in Canada on Sunday to kick off a week-long trip that will center around his apology on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church for the abuse that indigenous children endured at mostly church-run residential schools. “This is a trip of penance. Let’s say …

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Exclusive-Sherman and Kennedy to visit Solomons, where fathers fought and U.S. now vies with China

24 Jul 2022 24 Jul 2022

By Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and U.S. ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy plan next month to visit the Solomon Islands, where their fathers fought in World War Two and the United States is now in a modern-day battle for influence with strategic rival China. Sherman …

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Three dead in graduation shooting at top Philippines university

24 Jul 2022 24 Jul 2022

MANILA (Reuters) -Three people died in a shooting at a university graduation ceremony in the Philippines’ capital region on Sunday, including a former mayor from the volatile south of the country, police said. Local Quezon City police chief Remus Medina said the shooting appeared to have been an assassination of the former mayor of the …

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Sri Lanka’s new president says non-violent protests can continue after crackdown

24 Jul 2022 24 Jul 2022

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s new President Ranil Wickremesinghe told diplomats this week that non-violent protests against his government will be allowed to continue, including in the commercial capital Colombo, his office said in a statement on Sunday. In a pre-dawn raid on Friday, hundreds of security personnel dismantled part of an anti-government protest camp …

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Volcano erupts on western Japanese island of Kyushu, no reports of damage

24 Jul 2022 24 Jul 2022

By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -A volcano on Japan’s major western island of Kyushu erupted on Sunday evening, sending black smoke billowing high into the air, but there were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries, and authorities said they did not expect a major eruption. The volcano, which is called Sakurajima and is …

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No issues at Japan nuclear plant near erupted volcano – regulators

24 Jul 2022 24 Jul 2022

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s nuclear regulators said on Sunday no irregularities had been detected at the Sendai nuclear power plant after the nearby Sakurajima volcano erupted. The nuclear facility on Japan’s western major island of Kyushu is located some 50 km (31 miles) northwest of Sakurajima, a volcano that erupted at about 8:05 p.m. (1105 …

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