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(Reuters) -Afghanistan’s Taliban administration said on Tuesday that nine children and a woman were killed in Pakistani air strikes and vowed to respond, ratcheting up tensions between the South Asian neighbours.  The bombardment overnight reported by Kabul followed a series of attacks in Pakistan that Islamabad blames on militants based in Afghanistan. Pakistan did not …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia has sent reinforcements to a National Park on Sumatra island after a forestry task force command post was destroyed in response to palm oil plantation seizures, the Forestry Ministry said on Tuesday. President Prabowo Subianto’s forestry task force, which includes military personnel and state prosecutors, has this year launched a crackdown on …

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By Chayut Setboonsarng and Ashley Tang BANGKOK/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Thailand put its military in charge of tackling a devastating flood crisis on Tuesday and readied reinforcements to evacuate thousands of people, as heavy rain hobbled relief efforts after some of the worst flooding to hit the south in years. Floodwaters running as high as 2 …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia sees scope to boost oil exports to China and to deepen cooperation on supplies of liquefied natural gas, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday in Beijing. China and India have become the main buyers of Russian oil since the start of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022. …

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By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s first emergency space launch went ahead without incident on Tuesday, as the country plugged safety risks at its crewed space station after a vessel was damaged in orbit earlier this month. The unmanned Shenzhou-22 spacecraft lifted off on a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in …

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By Joe Cash and Shi Bu BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s President Xi Jinping pledged fresh investment in Tonga when he met King Tupou VI of the South Pacific island nation in Beijing on Tuesday, as the Asian giant works to extend its influence across the Asia-Pacific. Home to about 108,000 people, Tonga is among the small …

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