By Lucy Papachristou TBILISI (Reuters) -Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday as the bitter rivals work towards a peace deal to resolve nearly four decades of conflict. The two sides said in March they had agreed on the …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea will offer visa-free entry to tourist groups from China, for a temporary period from September 29 through June 2026, to boost foreign tourism ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit, the government said on Wednesday. The visa-free offer was first announced in March after China’s decision last November to offer a visa exemption …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s promised $550 billion in U.S. investments under the trade deal struck last month will be determined by whether they will benefit Tokyo too, the Asian nation’s top tariff negotiator said on Tuesday. Ryosei Akazawa’s comments came after U.S. President Donald Trump, in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, compared the promised Japanese …
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(Reuters) -At least four people were killed and more than 50 were missing after flood waters swept through a village in India’s Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Tuesday. Here are similar disasters in the mountain range, which experts have previously blamed on climate change and widespread developmental activities on its slopes. NOVEMBER 2023 A road …
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DHAKA (Reuters) -Thousands of exultant Bangladeshis gathered in Dhaka on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of mass protests that toppled Sheikh Hasina, as the interim government unveiled a roadmap for democratic reform with a national election next year. Rallies, concerts, and prayer sessions were held in the capital as people in the Muslim-majority South …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. has begun talks with the Cook Islands for research on seabed minerals exploration and development, the State Department said on Tuesday. The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls. The country in 2021 had a population of …
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By Steve Holland (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will host the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for peace talks at the White House on Friday, a U.S. official told Reuters. The official said it was possible that the framework for a peace agreement could be announced at Friday’s meeting. The Washington Post was first …
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LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -Police in Pakistan arrested more than 240 opposition party activists on Tuesday at protests calling for the release of their leader Imran Khan on the second anniversary of his jailing, security officials and police said. At least 122 were arrested trying to block roads and threatening law and order in the eastern …
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(Reuters) -The Indian army on Tuesday said there had been no violation of ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) that separates Indian-controlled and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, after some Indian media reported that Islamabad had violated the truce by opening fire. “There have been some media and social media reports regarding ceasefire violation in Poonch region. …
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DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh interim leader Muhammad Yunus said on Tuesday he would ask the election commission to hold a national election next February. (Reporting by Dhaka bureau; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
