LONDON (Reuters) -Details of more than 100 British nationals including spies and special forces soldiers were included in one of the country’s worst ever data breaches that led to thousands of Afghans being relocated to the UK, British media reported on Thursday. The leak by the Ministry of Defence in early 2022, which surfaced on …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Two leading Pakistani television news channels withdrew reports on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump planned to visit the South Asian nation, with one of them issuing an apology. The White House dismissed the reports. “A trip to Pakistan has not been scheduled at this time,” a White House official said. Geo and …
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LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -Heavy monsoon rains across Pakistan’s Punjab province killed at least 63 people and injured nearly 300 in the past 24 hours, provincial officials said on Thursday, bringing the nationwide death toll from the rains to at least 159 since late June. It was one of the deadliest days of this year’s rainy …
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By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -A hearing for 12 pro-democracy activists appealing their conviction and sentencing for subversion in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong ended on Thursday with a judgement due within nine months. The case stems from the “47 democrats”, dubbed by Hong Kong media for the number of activists arrested and …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -A fire broke out at a company making plastic parts in the eastern Chinese city of Danyang on Thursday, state broadcaster CCTV reported. A picture posted by CCTV showed thick plumes of smoke billowing into the sky, and flames burning inside a seven-story building. There was no news on possible casualties. Firefighters were …
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By Leika Kihara and Kentaro Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa held talks with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on U.S. tariffs on Thursday, as Tokyo races to avert a 25% levy that will be imposed unless a deal is clinched by an August 1 deadline. During the 45-minute phone call, the …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he thinks China will soon sentence people to death for fentanyl manufacturing and distribution, as he offered fresh optimism about the prospects of a deal with Beijing on illicit drugs. The drug trade has joined a range of economic and security issues …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysian authorities arrested more than a dozen men in the northeastern state of Kelantan last month during a late night raid of a “gay party”, a police official said on Thursday. Homosexuality is a crime in Muslim-majority Malaysia, and rights groups have warned of growing intolerance towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender …
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By Rozanna Latiff and Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia’s government is facing mounting calls to reject a self-styled “alpha male” influencer picked by President Donald Trump to be U.S. ambassador, in what could risk damaging ties at a critical time of tariff talks between the two countries. The White House has proposed 40-year-old author …
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ordered the setting up of a new investigation team, involving police and prosecutors, to look into the deadly Halloween crowd crush that killed 159, mostly young people, in 2022, his spokesperson said on Thursday. Lee’s move to launch a new probe came as he met the …
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