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S.Korean presidential office denounces 2019 return of fishermen to North

13 Jul 2022 13 Jul 2022

By Josh Smith and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s presidential office denounced on Wednesday the repatriation of two North Korean fishermen in 2019 as a potential “crime against humanity” by the previous government, pledging to reveal the truth. The comments came after Seoul’s Unification Ministry, which handles relations with the North, released photographs of …

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China says it ‘drove’ away U.S. destroyer that sailed near disputed isles

13 Jul 2022 13 Jul 2022

BEIJING (Reuters) -A U.S. destroyer sailed near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday, drawing an angry reaction from Beijing, which said its military had “driven away” the ship after it illegally entering territorial waters. The United States regularly carries out what it calls Freedom of Navigation Operations in the South …

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Indonesia jails captain of tanker arrested for illegal anchorage

13 Jul 2022 13 Jul 2022

By Stanley Widianto and Joe Brock JAKARTA (Reuters) – The captain of a fuel tanker arrested by the Indonesian navy in May on suspicion of illegally anchoring in its waters has been jailed for 15 days and fined 200 million rupiah ($13,350), a navy spokesman said on Wednesday. The Nord Joy, a Panama-flagged oil products …

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Fatty ‘katsuo’ fish may foreshadow climate change, threat to Japan’s sushi

12 Jul 2022 12 Jul 2022

(Corrects name in paragraph 8, Hiroyuki Ukeda not Hideyuki Ukeda) By Kantaro Komiya NAKATOSA, Japan (Reuters) -For half a century, Takeo Nakajo has been catching katsuo, or skipjack tuna – indispensable in Japanese cuisine whether eaten raw, dried or used as a base for the broth. But he and other fishermen in Kure, in Kochi …

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Ukrainian rockets hit Russian-held area as Kyiv readies southern counter-attack

12 Jul 2022 12 Jul 2022

By Tom Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Tuesday it had carried out a long-range rocket strike against Russian forces and military equipment in southern Ukraine, territory it says it is planning to retake in a counter-offensive using hundreds of thousands of troops. The strike hit an ammunition dump in the town …

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Russia says it will deepen defence cooperation with Myanmar

12 Jul 2022 12 Jul 2022

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and Myanmar are to deepen their defence cooperation after a meeting in Moscow between Myanmar’s military leader, Min Aung Hlaing, and top Russian defence officials, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said in a statement that the meeting had taken place on Monday, and that Hlaing was in Russia …

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How a band of activists helped bring down Sri Lanka’s government

12 Jul 2022 12 Jul 2022

By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -In June, a few dozen activists started meeting regularly at a seaside tented camp in Colombo for hours-long sessions to think up ways to revive Sri Lanka’s flagging protest movement. The group, which included a Catholic priest, a digital strategist and a popular playwright, succeeded beyond their …

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Japan bids sombre farewell to slain Shinzo Abe, its longest-serving premier

12 Jul 2022 12 Jul 2022

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -With prayers, flowers and flags draped in black ribbons, Japan on Tuesday said farewell to Shinzo Abe, a polarising figure who dominated politics as the country’s longest-serving premier, before being gunned down at a campaign rally last week. Crowds packed pavements lined with a heavy police presence as the hearse …

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Seething Sri Lanka stops president’s brother flying out of the country

12 Jul 2022 12 Jul 2022

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan immigration officials stopped the president’s brother and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa from flying out of the country on Tuesday, as anger mounted over the island’s worst economic crisis in decades. It was not clear where Rajapaksa, who also holds U.S. citizenship, was trying to …

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Heatwaves in dozens of Chinese cities buckle roads, pop roof tiles

12 Jul 2022 12 Jul 2022

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s commercial capital of Shanghai and dozens of other Chinese cities baked in scorching temperatures as unusually hot weather buckled roads, popped roof tiles and drove people to seek the cool in raid shelters underground. By 3 p.m. (0700 GMT) on Tuesday, 86 cities had issued red alerts, the highest in a three-tier …

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