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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -The top diplomats of 22 countries, including European Union member states, on Tuesday jointly called on the government of Pakistan to support a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly condemning Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was in Moscow to meet President Vladimir Putin last week on the day …

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KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban’s spokesman on Tuesday said that Afghans with legal documents could travel abroad, after the United States and United Kingdom raised concerns over previous comments that travel restrictions would be put in place. “Our countrymen who have legal documents and invitation can travel abroad,” said spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in a tweet, …

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LVIV, Ukraine/BEIJING (Reuters) -Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba asked his Chinese counterpart in a phone call on Tuesday to use Beijing’s ties with Moscow to stop Russia’s military invasion of its neighbour, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said in a statement. According to the statement, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Kuleba that Beijing was ready …

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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s top hoteliers on Tuesday urged the government to simplify entry rules to help along an otherwise slow recovery of one of the country’s highest earning sectors. Thailand has been ahead of its Southeast Asian neighbours in easing entry rules, after imposing strict quarantine and entry requirements for more than a year. …

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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Senior Chinese Diplomat Wang Yi spoke with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday, Chinese state television CCTV reported. (Reporting by Hong Kong newsroom; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A lawyer for a Malaysian man sentenced to hang for smuggling heroin into Singapore asked judges for mercy during his appeal on Tuesday, and urged more time to seek further psychiatric assessment to prove his mental impairment. Nagaenthran Dharmalingam has been on death row for more than a decade …

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By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A lawyer for a Malaysian man sentenced to hang for smuggling heroin into Singapore asked judges for mercy during his appeal on Tuesday, and urged more time to seek further psychiatric assessment to prove his mental impairment. Nagaenthran Dharmalingam has been on death row for more than a decade …

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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea announced sanctions on Russian banks and other measures on Tuesday, a day after saying it would tighten export controls on Russia and join the West’s response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The finance ministry said it would suspend financial transactions with seven major Russian banks – Sberbank, VEB, PSB, VTB, …

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Australia batsman Steve Smith said on Tuesday the players felt “incredibly safe” on their first tour of Pakistan in nearly 25 years, despite spinner Ashton Agar receiving a death threat via social media just days before the start of the first test. Agar was warned against travelling to Pakistan, though the threat …

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