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China’s Xi accepts invitation to attend Moscow’s Victory Day in May, TASS reports

10 Feb 2025 10 Feb 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has accepted Russia’s invitation to attend the commemorations of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, TASS state news agency reported on Monday. “Chinese President Xi Jinping has accepted an invitation to take part in the celebrations on May 9 in Moscow on the occasion …

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Japan weather bureau says no signs of El Nino, La Nina

10 Feb 2025 10 Feb 2025

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s weather bureau said on Monday there were no clear indications of El Nino or La Nina events, although La Nina characteristics were becoming evident. The bureau added that there was a 60% likelihood of ordinary weather pattern continuing towards the summer. El Nino is a warming of ocean surface temperatures in …

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Games-China ‘extract a couple of teeth’ from S.Korea’s short track tiger to win gold

10 Feb 2025 10 Feb 2025

HARBIN, China (Reuters) – Triple Olympic champion Choi Min-jeong led the way with three golds as South Korea dominated the short-track speed skating at the Asian Winter Games in Harbin over the weekend. Short track is one of the few sports with genuine world class competition at the Winter Asiad and the South Koreans claimed …

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Pakistan says IMF mission will visit to assess governance, corruption risks

9 Feb 2025 9 Feb 2025

(Reuters) – A three-member International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will visit Pakistan to conduct a Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment under the country’s 2024 Extended Fund Facility program, the finance ministry said on Sunday, without specifying dates. The ministry added that the report will recommend actions for addressing corruption vulnerabilities and strengthening integrity and governance, …

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Thai nationals held captive by Hamas in Gaza return home

9 Feb 2025 9 Feb 2025

By Juarawee Kittisilpa and Chayut Setboonsarng BAN DUNG, Thailand (Reuters) -When Surasak Rumnao, 31, left his home in Thailand’s rural Udon Thani province three years ago to go across the world to the southern Israeli town of Yesha for agriculture work, his family never imagined they would lose touch with him for over a year …

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vows to further develop nuclear forces

9 Feb 2025 9 Feb 2025

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticised trilateral military cooperation among the United States, Japan and South Korea for raising tensions in the region and vowed countermeasures, including the further development of nuclear forces. Kim said U.S. deployments of nuclear strategic assets, war exercises and military cooperation with Japan and South Korea were …

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Indian PM Modi’s party wins election in capital after 27 years out of power

8 Feb 2025 8 Feb 2025

By Adnan Abidi and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party on Saturday regained power in the nation’s capital for the first time in 27 years, a boost for the Hindu-nationalist leader after a disappointing national election last year. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party won 48 of the 70 seats in the …

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Taiwan sends officials to US to discuss possible Trump tariffs

8 Feb 2025 8 Feb 2025

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan has sent officials to Washington to discuss possible U.S. tariffs by President Donald Trump, and has made preparations should they be imposed, Economy Minister Kuo Jyh-huei said on Saturday. Tech firms in Taiwan, home to the world’s largest contract chipmaker TSMC, face the possibility Trump will follow through on threats to …

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Indonesia begins talks with Britain to repatriate UK’s ‘most prolific rapist’

8 Feb 2025 8 Feb 2025

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has begun talks with Britain to repatriate the most prolific rapist in British history, a senior minister said, following its move to also seek the return of a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of being one of the Bali bomb plotters. Reynhard Sinaga, 41, was found guilty in Manchester in 2020 of …

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China urges Panama to ‘make right decision’ after announcing Belt and Road exit

8 Feb 2025 8 Feb 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) – China expressed regret on Saturday over Panama’s intention to leave Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, urging the Latin American nation to “make the right decision”. Assistant Foreign Minister Zhao Zhuyuan met Panama’s ambassador to China and lodged solemn representations, the foreign ministry said in a statement. Zhao said Beijing deeply regrets Panama’s …

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