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China accuses New Zealand’s top spy of spreading ‘false information’

13 Mar 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s embassy in New Zealand on Thursday accused Wellington’s top spy of lying after the intelligence chief warned of security risks posed by Beijing’s growing influence in the Pacific. In a speech in Wellington last week, New Zealand’s Security Intelligence Service Director-General Andrew Hampton said the focus of Pacific nations on economic and …

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Pakistan military ends train standoff, says 21 hostages and four troops killed

13 Mar 2025

By Saleem Ahmed and Saad Sayeed QUETTA (Reuters) -Pakistani security forces stormed a train on Wednesday that had been hijacked by separatist militants, killing all 33 attackers and ending a day-long standoff involving hundreds of hostages, the military said. Separatist Baloch militants on Tuesday blew up the railway track and hurled rockets at the Jaffar …

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 strikes Philippine islands region, GFZ says

12 Mar 2025

(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the region of the Philippine islands on Wednesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. (Reporting by Ojasvi Gupta in Bengaluru; Editing by Gareth Jones)

China says US has undermined fentanyl cooperation by imposing tariffs

12 Mar 2025

By Antoni Slodkowski BEIJING (Reuters) -China said on Wednesday that the U.S. has undermined bilateral counter-narcotics cooperation by imposing tariffs on Chinese goods over fentanyl, calling on Washington to stop using the issue as a bargaining chip to “blackmail” the country. U.S. President Donald Trump has increased tariffs on all Chinese imports to 20% from …

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China’s top lawmaker meets journalists after missing key parliament session

12 Mar 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top lawmaker and the third-ranked leader of its ruling Communist Party, Zhao Leji, spoke to journalists covering parliament on Wednesday, state media reported, a day after he unexpectedly missed a key session he had been due to open. Zhao, 68, was not among the party leaders in the Great Hall of …

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For families of Philippines drug war victims, Duterte’s arrest revives hopes for justice

12 Mar 2025

By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – The moment Jerica Ann Pico, the widow of a man who was killed during the war on drugs in the Philippines, heard the news of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest, she said it felt like a fresh breath of life had rushed back into her. She said she never …

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South Korea bans drones around top court ahead of Yoon impeachment ruling

12 Mar 2025

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s air traffic authorities will ban drones from flying around the Constitutional Court in Seoul from Thursday ahead of the ruling on the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The measure will take effect from Thursday to Wednesday next week, according to a notice to airmen issued on the transport ministry’s …

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China, Russia, Iran to hold nuclear talks in Beijing on Friday

12 Mar 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) -China will hold a meeting on Friday in Beijing with Russia and Iran on the Iranian “nuclear issue”, its foreign ministry said, with both nations sending their deputy foreign ministers. Ties between Iran and Russia have deepened since the start of the Ukraine war in 2022, with a strategic cooperation treaty signed in …

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