By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, long the world’s dominant supplier of the raw material for heroin, has risen by a fifth in the second full year since the Taliban banned it but remains a fraction of pre-ban levels, a U.N. report said on Wednesday. The Taliban’s supreme spiritual leader …
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(Reuters) – North Korean troops have engaged in clashes against Ukrainian forces that are fighting in the Russian Kursk region, the New York Times reported late on Tuesday, citing an unnamed senior U.S. official and an unnamed senior Ukrainian official. The engagement was limited, the Ukrainian official told the newspaper and likely meant to probe …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -The United States will continue its friendly approach towards Taiwan after the presidential election and Taiwan will work to prevent China “making trouble” during the transition, a senior Taiwanese security official said on Wednesday. Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency and neck and neck in the polls with Democrat Vice …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – The head of Australia’s national intelligence office said an “emerging axis” of countries providing support to Russia, including China, Iran and North Korea, was “a profoundly troubling strategic development” that western countries were struggling to catch up with. Director-General of the Office of National Intelligence, Andrew Shearer, said on …
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By Joyce Lee and Kaori Kaneko SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea fired at least seven short-range ballistic missiles on Tuesday off its east coast, Japan’s defence minister said, soon after Pyongyang condemned military drills by its rivals and just hours before the U.S. election. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister condemned the drills involving …
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(Reuters) -AstraZeneca shares on Tuesday recorded their worst day since March 2020 after a report that dozens of the drugmaker’s senior executives in China could be implicated in the largest insurance fraud case in the country’s pharma sector in years. The Anglo-Swedish company, which has invested heavily in the world’s No. 2 pharmaceuticals market, said …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – The Indonesian government aims to evacuate at least 16,000 residents from villages around the active Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano that erupted and killed nine people and damaged thousands of houses, an official said on Tuesday. Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, located on Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted on Sunday night, followed …
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By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -Two Chinese nationals were wounded on Tuesday by a private security guard who opened fire at a garment factory in Pakistan’s commercial hub Karachi, the latest in a string of attacks that have spurred Beijing to pressure Islamabad to improve security for its citizens. Large contingents of police were …
By Praveen Paramasivam THULASENDRAPURAM, India (Reuters) -With sacred chants, ringing of bells and offerings of flowers and bananas, a Hindu priest in Kamala Harris’ ancestral village in southern India conducted prayers on Tuesday for her victory in the U.S. presidential election. The temple ceremony in Thulasendrapuram, in the state of Tamil Nadu, was organised by …
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By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s capital territory of Delhi is keen to use artificial rain to fight air pollution this year, its Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Tuesday, as deteriorating air quality in the region led to an increase in respiratory illnesses. Large swathes of north India battle pollution each winter as …
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