BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping signed multiple cooperation deals with his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto on Saturday, Chinese state TV CCTV reported, as the two countries seek increased partnerships in key areas. The deals covered issues including water conservation, maritime resources and mining, the report said, and come ahead of a meeting Prabowo …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted at least three times early on Saturday, spewing an ash column 9 km (5.6 miles) high, as authorities planned to widen the restricted area, officials said. A big eruption on Sunday by the volcano in East Nusa Tenggara province killed nine. Since then, authorities have been scrambling …
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By William James BAKU (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people from around the globe will gather next week for COP29, the annual U.N. climate summit, in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku. But as each year’s summit has produced its own set of promises, plans and paperwork to chase, the rationale for these discussions can be …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea staged GPS interference on Friday and Saturday, affecting the operations of ships and private aircraft, South Korea’s military said on Saturday. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) advised ships and aircraft operating in the West Sea area to be cautious of North Korea’s GPS signal jamming. The JCS urged North …
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BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) -China summoned the Philippines’ ambassador on Friday to express its objection to two new laws in the Southeast Asian nation asserting maritime rights and sovereignty over disputed areas of the South China Sea, its foreign ministry said. China made “solemn representations” to the ambassador shortly after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the …
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By Kate Abnett and Tim Cocks BRUSSELS/JOHANNSEBURG (Reuters) -China has put trade talks onto the proposed agenda for the COP29 summit, a U.N. document showed, raising the prospect that the issue could disrupt the start of global climate talks. The draft agenda for this year’s climate summit, published on Friday, includes a Chinese proposal, previously …
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By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE (Reuters) -Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province banned entry to parks, zoos, playgrounds and other public spaces on Friday to protect the public from polluted air, and is considering closing down universities after shutting schools earlier this week. The air quality in Lahore has deteriorated drastically, earning Punjab’s regional capital the rank of …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol said the country was prepared in its alliance with the United States to strike back if North Korea attempted a nuclear attack against it, Newsweek reported on Friday. Yoon also said South Korea could rely on U.S. nuclear weapons to defend the country and did not …
By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – An armed separatist group in a remote northeast Indian state on Friday threatened to “resume violent armed resistance” after nearly three decades of ceasefire, accusing New Delhi of failing to honour promises in earlier agreements. The Naga insurgency, India’s oldest, is aimed at creating a separate homeland of …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted several times on Friday, belching volcanic ash that rose up to 10 km (32,800 ft) into the sky, officials said, following a big eruption on Sunday night that killed nine people. The eruption on the island of Flores in the province of East Nusa Tenggara has damaged …
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