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HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s 240-hour transit visa-free policy has been extended to people arriving from 55 countries, including Indonesia, Russia and Britain, who will be able to engage in tourism and business, the official Xinhua news agency said. The changes take effect from Thursday. (Reporting by Farah Master and the Beijing newsroom; Editing by Christian …

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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea appears to have stopped loudspeakers near the border targeting South Korea, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Thursday. The JCS said that North Korean loudspeaker broadcasts were not heard on Thursday, and the South Korean military was monitoring Pyongyang’s activities. Seoul suspended its own loudspeaker broadcasts near the border …

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By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s ruling party, besieged by a faltering economy and a border crisis, faces more uncertainty this week as the Supreme Court begins hearing a case that could lead to jail time for its most influential politician, Thaksin Shinawatra. The billionaire former premier, and the driving force behind …

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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said in a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country will always stand with Moscow, state media reported on Thursday. In a message for Russia Day, a patriotic holiday celebrating Russia’s independence, Kim called Putin his “dearest comrade” and praised their bilateral relations as a …

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By Will Dunham (Reuters) -A newly identified mid-sized dinosaur from Mongolia dubbed the “Dragon Prince” has been identified as a pivotal forerunner of Tyrannosaurus rex in an illuminating discovery that has helped clarify the famous predator’s complicated family history. Named Khankhuuluu mongoliensis (pronounced khan-KOO-loo mon-gol-ee-EN-sis), it lived roughly 86 million years ago during the Cretaceous …

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