By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Australia, the United States and 13 other countries criticized China at the United Nations on Tuesday over alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Tibet, prompting China to denounce them for ignoring the “living hell” in the Gaza Strip. Clashes over China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslims …
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KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that the international situation was gripped by chaos but that Beijing’s strategic partnership with Moscow was a force for stability amid the most significant changes seen in a century. Xi and Putin in May pledged a “new era” of partnership between the two …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – If North Korea were to send troops to Ukraine to fight on Russia’s behalf it would significantly escalate the conflict, NATO Chief Mark Rutte said on social media platform X on Monday. Rutte, who took office at NATO at the start of the month, said he had a discussion with South Korean …
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(Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday at the BRICS summit in Russia, India’s foreign secretary said, their first meeting since 2020 when ties nosedived after their forces clashed on their disputed frontier. On Monday, the two countries reached a deal on the disputed Himalayan frontier in the …
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By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – The deployment of North Korean troops in Ukraine would be a sign of Russian desperation more than two-and-a-half years into its full-scale invasion of its neighbour, Finland’s President Alexander Stubb told Reuters on Tuesday. Officials in Ukraine and South Korea have accused North Korea of dispatching troops, estimated to …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in Kazan, Russia, on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, Chinese state television CCTV reported. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
(Reuters) -Shell said on Tuesday that most of the oil leak from a land-based pipeline at Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Singapore on Bukom island had been cleaned up, with only small patches of light sheens around the island and Bukom Kechil remaining. The company has not received any reports of new oil sightings at …
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By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s government offered rare details on Tuesday of its wartime food plan, saying it is taking monthly inventories of crucial supplies like rice and making sure they are properly stored across the island in case of a Chinese blockade. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China confirmed on Tuesday it had reached a deal with India over their disputed frontier, without elaborating on whether the pact covered the length of the border or just points where the two sides have been involved in a standoff since 2020. Relations between the world’s two most populous nations have been strained …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, has said that an investigation into what Pyongyang says are South Korean drone intrusions is ongoing, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday. (Reporting by Hyunsu Yim; Editing by Ed Davies)
