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OTTAWA (Reuters) – An aggressive Chinese hacking campaign is the most active state cyber threat to Canada, the country’s signals intelligence agency said on Wednesday, in the latest warning about clandestine activity by Beijing. In a new threat assessment, the Communications Security Establishment Canada also said Russia’s cyber program was trying to confront and destabilize …

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By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui will hold strategic consultations in Moscow with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Russia said on Wednesday, amid growing Western concern that North Korea may be about to join the Ukraine war on Russia’s side. Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India and China have completed pulling back their troops from two face-off points on their disputed Himalayan frontier as planned, an Indian defence official said on Wednesday. The nuclear-armed neighbours reached a deal last week on patrolling the frontier in the Indian territory of Ladakh to end a four-year military stand-off, paving …

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(Reuters) -China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko discussed the Ukraine crisis in talks on Wednesday and Wang reaffirmed Beijing’s strong ties with Moscow, the Chinese foreign ministry said. Both exchanged views on the crisis but the ministry statement did not disclose details of the discussion. Wang reiterated China and …

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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has moved into place a launcher ready for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and may decide to set it off around the time of the U.S. presidential election, South Korean lawmakers said, citing military intelligence. The North may seek to highlight its strategic weapons development by attempting to launch a long-range …

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By Hyunsu Yim and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea is considering sending a team of military monitors to Ukraine to observe and analyse the expected deployment of North Korean troops by Russia on the frontlines of the conflict there, a presidential official said on Wednesday. At least 11,000 North Korean troops have been sent …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China will send three astronauts into low-Earth orbit on Wednesday in the country’s 14th crewed mission to space, where dozens of scientific experiments will be conducted. Of the 14 crewed missions, eight were visits to China’s independently built space station Tiangong, or “Celestial Palace” in Chinese. The latest Shenzhou-19 mission will be …

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