By Ryan Woo and Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -Beijing had evacuated more than 70,000 residents by Monday afternoon and warned others to brace for a new round of heavy rainfall, a week after catastrophic floods killed dozens in the deadliest deluge to hit the Chinese capital since 2012. Up to 200mm (7.9 inches) of rain …
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MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippine and Indian navies have sailed together for the first time in the South China Sea, officials said on Monday, as President Ferdinand Marcos left Manila for New Delhi for a state visit. The Philippines has conducted “maritime cooperative activities” with foreign navies since late 2023 as part of its push to …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s military conducted patrols in the South China Sea from August 3 to 4, a spokesperson for the Southern Theatre Command said on Monday. The Philippines said on Monday that its navy and that of India had sailed together for the first time in the South China Sea, which China claims nearly the …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -A Chinese woman appeared in court in Australia’s capital Canberra on Monday after police charged her with “reckless foreign interference” for allegedly monitoring a Buddhist group in the city on behalf of a Chinese security agency. It is the third time charges have been brought under foreign interference laws introduced in Australia in …
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By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean authorities began removing on Monday loudspeakers blaring anti-North Korea broadcasts along the country’s border, Seoul’s defence ministry said, as the new government of President Lee Jae Myung seeks to ease tensions with Pyongyang. Shortly after he took office in June, Lee’s administration switched off propaganda broadcasts criticising the …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Four people died and more than 5,900 have been evacuated in southern Taiwan after the island recorded more than a year’s rainfall over the past week which caused widespread landslides and flooding. Three people are missing and 77 have been injured since late July when a depression and strong southwesterly airstreams began causing …
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By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan laid the groundwork this week for resuming interest rate hikes by spelling out explicitly for the first time the risks that persistent food price rises fan broad-based inflation. While markets took a dovish reading of BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda’s commentary after Thursday’s policy meeting, much of …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Russian and Chinese navies are carrying out artillery and anti-submarine drills in the Sea of Japan as part of scheduled joint exercises, the Russian Pacific Fleet was quoted as saying on Sunday. The drills are taking place two days after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to …
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By Saeed Shah and Shivam Patel ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI, August 2 (Reuters) -Just after midnight on May 7, the screen in the Pakistan Air Force’s operations room lit up in red with the positions of dozens of active enemy planes across the border in India. Air Chief Mshl. Zaheer Sidhu had been sleeping on a mattress …
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(Reuters) -Armenia and the United States will hold joint military exercises in Armenia on August 12-20, Russia’s Interfax news agency cited the Armenian Defence Ministry as saying on Saturday. The Eagle Partner 2025 exercises will focus on peacekeeping tasks and medical evacuation procedures, the ministry was quoted as saying. Armenia is a treaty ally of …
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