KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) – Here’s a brief summary of the outcome of the BRICS summit: * XI AND MODI: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met just two days after New Delhi announced that it had reached a deal with Beijing to resolve a four-year military stand-off on their Himalayan frontier. …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s prime minister on Thursday apologised for the deaths two decades ago of dozens of Muslim protesters who were piled up in army trucks, hours from the expiry of the statute of limitations on an incident over which no state official has been convicted. The security crackdown in the southern town of …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A powerful cyclone is expected to barrel into India’s eastern coast early on Friday. Here are some key details about its landfall and intensity, and the measures being taken by authorities to protect people and property. LANDFALL The ‘severe cyclonic storm’, named Dana, is expected to cross the coasts of the …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – About 146 Rohingya, including children, came ashore in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province on Thursday, an official said, the second wave of arrivals to the Southeast Asian country within a week. A boat carrying 64 men, 62 women and 20 children landed early on Thursday morning, in the Deli Serdang area of North …
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MANILA (Reuters) -Tropical Storm Trami has killed at least 26 people and forced more than 150,000 to flee their homes in the Philippines, officials said on Thursday, as it made landfall on the northeastern coast. Trami, locally known as severe tropical storm Kristine, dumped heavy to torrential rain on the main island of Luzon triggering …
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By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Lai Ching-te will visit a sensitive group of frontline islands that sit next to the Chinese coast on Friday for the 75th anniversary of a key victory over communist forces and just over a week since China staged war games. Taiwan has controlled Kinmen, and the Matsu …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Bushra Bibi, the wife of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, was released from prison on Thursday, a day after she was granted bail in a case linked to the illegal sale of state gifts, ending about nine months of imprisonment. The release is the biggest legal relief for Khan and his family …
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By Jack Kim and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday condemned North Korea’s dispatch of troops to Russia for its war against Ukraine as a global security threat, Yoon’s office said. The two leaders held a summit and agreed to push to finalise …
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By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s heritage board will assess if founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s home should be preserved as a national monument, the culture ministry said on Thursday. The late statesman’s youngest child Lee Hsien Yang applied on Oct. 21 to demolish the single-storey bungalow on Oxley Road in central Singapore …
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By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) – A Chinese coast guard vessel was driven out of Indonesia’s waters for a second time this week after it initially disrupted a survey by state energy firm Pertamina in the South China Sea, Indonesia’s maritime security agency said on Thursday. While Chinese coast guard vessels have been spotted numerous …
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