By Greg Torode and Karen Lema HONG KONG/MANILA (Reuters) -The Chinese coast guard ship damaged in a collision with a Chinese naval vessel in the South China Sea earlier this month is now under repair at Hainan Island, according to satellite images seen by Reuters – the first confirmation that it made it back to port. …
(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The earthquake was at a depth of 125 km (77 miles), EMSC said. (Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru, Editing by William Maclean)
TAIPEI (Reuters) -A magnitude 6 earthquake struck in the sea off the northeast coast of Taiwan on Wednesday, the island’s weather administration said, with no reports of damage. The quake briefly shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The quake, some 20 km (12.4 miles) offshore from Yilan county, had a depth of 112 km (70 …
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HANOI/BANGKOK (Reuters) -Typhoon Kajiki and the flooding it triggered has killed eight people, including one in Thailand and seven in Vietnam, authorities said on Wednesday, with the Vietnamese government warning of more flash floods and mudslides to come. The storm, which made landfall in Vietnam on Monday afternoon before weakening into a depression, has since …
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By Asif Shahzad and Krishna N. Das SRINAGAR/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Heavy rain swept across the Himalayas, killing at least 36 people in India over the past 24 hours and forcing authorities to open major dams, in turn triggering flood alerts on three rivers in neighbouring Pakistan. In the deadliest single disaster, a landslide killed 33 people …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Extreme rainfall across swathes of China caused over 16 billion yuan ($2.24 billion) in road damage, the transport ministry said on Wednesday, highlighting how climate risks are placing additional pressure on the ailing economy’s public purse. The preliminary estimate covers damage to roads since the start of flood season, Li Ying, a ministry …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand will give legal employment rights to thousands of Myanmar refugees now living in camps along the border between the two countries, the government said on Wednesday, a move that won the praise of the United Nations’ refugee agency. The policy change will grant the right to legal work in Thailand to around …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China said on Wednesday that it is “unreasonable and unrealistic” to ask the country to join nuclear disarmament negotiations with the United States and Russia. Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry, made the remarks after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had discussed nuclear arms control with Russian President Vladimir …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that U.S. colleges would struggle without Chinese students, amid a backlash from his base after he suggested he could let 600,000 Chinese college students into the country as part of trade talks with the economic rival. Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, said on …
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(Fixes dateline) By Asif Shahzad and Krishna N. Das ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India on Wednesday opened all gates of major dams on rivers in its part of the Kashmir region following heavy rains, and warned neighbouring Pakistan of the possibility of downstream flooding, an Indian government source said. Pakistan said Islamabad received the warning, and …
