By Ben Blanchard KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) – Taiwan President Lai Ching-te offered his support and encouragement to the armed forces on Friday ahead of what the government has warned could be a new round of Chinese military exercises near the island from as early as next week. Taiwan cannot rule out that China will hold …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – An Indian climber and another from the Philippines became the first mountaineers to die on Mount Everest in the current March-May climbing season of the world’s highest peak, hiking officials said on Friday. Subrata Ghosh, 45, from India, died on Thursday below the Hillary Step while returning after reaching …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s military has killed 18 Papuan separatists during an operation in its easternmost region of Papua, an official said on Thursday, and three civilians also died. The military seized dozens of munitions, including an assault rifle, bows and arrows and an unspecified homemade weapon during Wednesday’s operation, military spokesperson Kristomei Sianturi said in …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s defence minister said on Thursday that the International Atomic Energy Agency should take charge of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, days after the nuclear-armed neighbours ended their worst military conflict in nearly three decades. Fighting broke out last week after India struck what it called “terrorist camps” in Pakistan in retaliation for an …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday he was ready to engage in peace talks with India, days after the nuclear-armed neighbours ended their worst military conflict in nearly three decades. (Reporting by Asif Shahzad; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)
BEIJING (Reuters) – A vehicle drove into a crowd outside a Beijing primary school on Thursday and injured pedestrians, state-run China Newsweek wrote in an online post that was later deleted, citing local school and traffic authorities. Beijing traffic police said in a statement that four people had been injured when a small passenger car …
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai court has issued arrest warrants for 17 people including a high-profile construction tycoon, police said on Thursday, over their alleged involvement in the building of a skyscraper that collapsed and killed scores of workers during a powerful March earthquake. Search teams recovered 89 bodies in a six-week operation in the …
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By Casey Hall and Nicoco Chan YIWU, China (Reuters) -A tariff truce between the United States and China is helping kickstart the resumption of trade between the countries but for manufacturers of Halloween decorations in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu feelings are mixed. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports, which reached 145% in …
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DOHA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that hostilities between Pakistan and India were settled, after he urged the two countries to focus on trade instead of war. He told U.S. troops at a base in Qatar during a Gulf tour that Pakistan and India were happy with that. The nuclear-armed neighbours …
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan cannot rule out that China will hold more military drills to “stir up trouble” around the one year anniversary next week of President Lai Ching-te taking office, a senior government spokesperson said on Thursday. May 20 will be one year since Lai’s inauguration, though his office has yet to announce how …
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