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By Uditha Jayasinghe DAMBULLA (Reuters) – Sri Lanka began a wildlife census on Saturday to count monkeys, peacocks and giant squirrels, aiming to manage their populations as farmers complain of agricultural losses. Agriculture accounts for 8% of the country’s economy and employs 8.1 million people, government data showed. Sri Lanka is the fourth-largest coconut products …

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By Timothy Gardner, David Brunnstrom and Ju-min Park WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Energy has designated ally South Korea a “sensitive” country, a spokesperson said on Friday, after the South Korean president briefly imposed martial law and amid talk of Seoul potentially developing nuclear weapons. The administration of then-President Joe Biden put South Korea …

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By Daphne Psaledakis LA MALBAIE, Canada (Reuters) -G7 foreign ministers took a tough stance on China on Friday, stepping up language on Taiwan and omitting some conciliatory references from past statements, including to “one China” policies. A statement by ministers meeting in Canada mirrored a February Japan-U.S. statement in condemning “coercion” toward Taiwan, language that …

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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The death toll from a militant hijacking of a train in Pakistan’s southwestern mountains has risen to 31 soldiers, staff and civilians, the military said on Friday as it accused India and Afghanistan of backing the insurgents. The separatist Baloch Liberation Army, which claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack, released …

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By Stephanie van den Berg and Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE -Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was “abducted” before being taken to The Hague to face murder allegations and is too ill to give evidence, his lawyer told International Criminal Court judges at his initial appearance on Friday. Duterte – who arrived in the Netherlands on …

Lawyer says Philippines’ Duterte was ‘abducted’, too ill to testify at ICC Read More »

By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The arrest of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has given a timely boost to the International Criminal Court, which is facing U.S. sanctions and an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by its chief prosecutor. Duterte was detained in Manila on an ICC warrant and flown to The …

Analysis-Arrest of Philippines’ Duterte offers a glimmer of hope at troubled ICC Read More »

By Ruma Paul COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) -The United Nations will do all it can to help prevent food rations being cut for Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday during a visit to the world’s largest refugee settlement. Guterres visited the border district of Cox’s Bazar, in southern …

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