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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan disbanded a protest march by supporters on Thursday after clashes with police outside parliament, but threatened that they would return unless an election was called within six days. Khan had rallied thousands of supporters to Islamabad, with plans to occupy sensitive parts of the …

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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Canberra will listen to Pacific islands who had “led the global debate” on climate change, and be a partner that doesn’t come with strings attached. Wong’s speech to the Pacific Islands Forum secretariat in Fiji on Thursday came as China’s foreign minister arrived in …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes relations with the Solomon Islands can be a model for other Pacific Island countries, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Thursday, as he starts a regional tour. Wang arrived in Solomon Islands on Thursday to kick off a 10-day tour of eight Pacific islands countries, a move closely watched …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The U.N. Security Council will vote in the “coming days” on a U.S.-led push to strengthen sanctions on North Korea for its renewed ballistic missile launches, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, although China and Russia have signaled opposition. North Korea fired three missiles on Wednesday, including one thought …

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By Pavel Polityuk and Max Hunder KYIV/KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian forces on Wednesday pounded Ukrainian-held twin cities in the Donbas region that is now the focus of the three-month war, threatening to shut off the last main escape route for civilians trapped in the path of their advance. After failing to seize Ukraine’s capital Kyiv …

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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -China will seek a region-wide deal with almost a dozen Pacific island countries covering policing, security and data communication cooperation when Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosts a meeting in Fiji next week, documents seen by Reuters show. A draft communique and five-year action plan sent by China to 10 Pacific …

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By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – The new and uncrewed Boeing Starliner capsule undocked from the International Space Station on Wednesday to begin a descent back to Earth from its first journey to the outpost, wrapping up a high-stakes test flight as NASA’s next vehicle for carrying humans to orbit. Less than a week after its …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A senior U.N. official is due to visit Moscow in the coming days to discuss reviving fertilizer exports, Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said on Wednesday, stressing that the talks were not linked to a resumption of Ukrainian grain shipments. Since Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine on Feb. 24, …

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