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China to continue support for Pakistan’s counter-terrorism efforts

11 Nov 2024

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will continue to support Pakistan in counter-terrorism operations, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, after two Chinese nationals were wounded in a shooting in the country’s commercial hub Karachi last week. China and Pakistan have the determination and ability to thwart all attempts to undermine China-Pakistan relations and make terrorists …

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Chinese study recommends region-specific diets, amid rising obesity risks

11 Nov 2024

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese scientists have recommended a region-specific diet they say is crucial to improving eating habits in the country amid a rise in obesity and lifestyle diseases, and as a means to conserve natural and environmental resources. China in October published its first set of guidelines to standardise the diagnosis and treatment …

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China clamps down on quest for soup dumplings by ‘Night Riding Army’

11 Nov 2024

By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in central China imposed traffic curbs at the weekend to halt a viral craze in which thousands of university students borrowed share bikes to ride overnight to the city of Kaifeng in search of breakfast. The “Night Riding Army”, as some participants described it, clogged a highway on …

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Russian, Indonesian navies hold joint counter-terrorism drills

11 Nov 2024

(Reuters) – Russian and Indonesian ships practiced freeing a vessel captured by terrorists and fought unmanned boats during the first joint naval exercises between the two countries in the Java Sea, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported on Monday. The joint exercise, which started last week, came as newly inaugurated Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto pledged …

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Fire breaks out on Japan navy ship, cause under investigation

10 Nov 2024

(Adds missing word and fixes typo in paragraph 1) TOKYO (Reuters) -Fire broke out on a Japanese warship sailing near the western part of the country, causing one crew member to be hospitalised due to smoke inhalation, while another was missing, Japan’s navy said on Sunday. The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) said the minesweeper …

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Taliban administration officials to attend UN climate conference in Azerbaijan

10 Nov 2024

(Refiles to clarify it was COP29 presidency that declined to comment) By Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Charlotte Greenfield and Gloria Dickie KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan Taliban officials will attend a major United Nations climate conference that starts next week, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, the first time they have attended since the former insurgents …

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Hainan Airlines Boeing 787 turns back to Rome after engine fire

10 Nov 2024

ROME (Reuters) -The right engine of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner operated by Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines caught fire shortly after takeoff from Rome’s Fiumicino airport on Sunday, an Italian airport official and the Coast Guard said. The plane, bound for the Chinese city of Shenzhen with 249 passengers and 16 crew members, turned back and …

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Australian Defence Force arrives in Indonesia ahead of largest joint exercises

10 Nov 2024

By Prasto Wardoyo BANYUWANGI (Reuters) – Members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) arrived on Sunday with their warship docking at Banyuwangi in East Java, Indonesia for a joint military exercise, which will involve 2,000 personnel from both countries. The Keris Woomera Exercise is the largest combined joint activities by the two countries’ military under …

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