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By Willy Kurniawan PALEMBAYAN, Indonesia, Dec 1 (Reuters) – The death toll from cyclone-induced floods and landslides in Indonesia passed 600 on Monday as rescuers battled to clear roads and improved weather conditions revealed the scale of a disaster that has killed nearly 800 people in Southeast Asia. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have suffered devastation …

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By Ann Wang YILAN, Taiwan, Dec 2 (Reuters) – There is no room for compromise when it comes to Taiwan’s security, while freedom and democracy are foundational values that have nothing to do with ideological disputes, President Lai Ching-te told army reservists on Tuesday. Lai last week announced a $40 billion supplementary defence budget to …

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BEIJING/TOKYO, Dec 2 (Reuters) – China and Japan gave conflicting versions of a maritime confrontation involving their coast guards and a Japanese fishing vessel around the disputed Senkaku Islands on Tuesday. China’s Coast Guard said the Japanese fishing vessel had illegally entered the waters of the Senkaku Islands, which Beijing calls the Diaoyu Islands, before …

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WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) – China agreed on a plan to stop fentanyl-related chemicals as part of its deal with the Trump administration to crack down on the lethal opioid, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Wednesday. Patel said the agreement resulted from his trip to Beijing last week, a visit that followed U.S. President …

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By Clare Jim and Jessie Pang HONG KONG, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Hong Kong authorities said on Monday they had arrested 13 people for suspected manslaughter in a probe into the city’s deadliest fire in decades, pointing to substandard renovation materials for fuelling a blaze that has claimed at least 151 lives.  Police continued to sweep …

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(Corrects Imran Khan’s age to 73, not 72, in paragraph 7) By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Dec 1 (Reuters) – The sons of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan fear authorities are concealing “something irreversible” about his condition after more than three weeks with no evidence that he is still alive, one of them said. …

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