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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia’s envoy to the United Nations on Wednesday questioned why its allies like North Korea could not help Moscow in its war against Ukraine given Western countries claim the right to help Kyiv. Vassily Nebenzia faced a blunt argument at a Security Council meeting from the United States, …

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By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea and Japan said, a day after Seoul reported the North was making preparations to test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile. The launch, at a sharply raised angle, was from an area near …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top UN official on Wednesday urged a probe into the killings in Bangladesh during protests that led to the downfall of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, while also calling for minority protection and a national process of truth and healing. The South Asian nation has seen rising tensions …

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OTTAWA (Reuters) – An aggressive Chinese hacking campaign is the most active state cyber threat to Canada, the country’s signals intelligence agency said on Wednesday, in the latest warning about clandestine activity by Beijing. In a new threat assessment, the Communications Security Establishment Canada also said Russia’s cyber program was trying to confront and destabilize …

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By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui will hold strategic consultations in Moscow with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Russia said on Wednesday, amid growing Western concern that North Korea may be about to join the Ukraine war on Russia’s side. Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India and China have completed pulling back their troops from two face-off points on their disputed Himalayan frontier as planned, an Indian defence official said on Wednesday. The nuclear-armed neighbours reached a deal last week on patrolling the frontier in the Indian territory of Ladakh to end a four-year military stand-off, paving …

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