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By Trevor Hunnicutt, Andrea Shalal and Joori Roh WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will visit South Korea next month for talks on rising inflation, sanctions against Russia, and possible further sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. Yellen will meet with senior South Korean …

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s military said on Saturday that the recent fly through of a U.S. maritime plane through the Taiwan Strait deliberately disrupted the regional situation and endangered peace and stability. Colonel Shi Yi, spokesman for the Eastern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army, said in a statement that the military had organised air …

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By Brenda Goh and Clare Jim SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong for the 25th anniversary of the city’s handover to mainland China, state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday. The trip will be Xi’s first known visit outside mainland China since January 2020 after the COVID-19 outbreak. He will …

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By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – It took Russia weeks of fierce fighting, an untold number of casualties, and relentless shelling before the exhausted Ukrainian defenders of Sievierodonetsk received orders to quit its smouldering wreckage. “Remaining in positions smashed to pieces over many months just for the sake of staying there does not make sense,” …

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By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – A group of opposition lawmakers in Ecuador are pushing for the removal of conservative President Guillermo Lasso after nearly two weeks of mass protests led by indigenous groups demanding lower fuel and food prices. The sometimes-violent demonstrations, which began June 13, are connected to at least six civilian deaths …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Friday said it had transferred an Afghan detainee who was held at Guantanamo Bay for 15 years, a move that comes after a court ruled the United States had no legal justification to hold him. Opened under Republican President George W. Bush, the Guantanamo Bay prison had its population …

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By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean leader Yoon Suk-yeol has departed from years of tradition by holding informal daily media events to field questions on topics ranging from inflation and ties with neighbouring North Korea to the first lady and even boyband BTS. Such wide-ranging access to the president was previously unheard of. …

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