By Lisandra Paraguassu BELEM, Brazil, (Reuters) -A Canadian anti-whaling activist who has dodged arrest in Japan for more than a decade vowed at COP30 in Brazil to continue fighting for marine protection – taking aim in particular at deep-sea mining and Norway’s krill industry. Paul Watson urged delegates this week at the U.N. climate summit …
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) -Pakistan has deployed army and paramilitary forces to protect Sri Lanka’s cricket team after a deadly suicide bombing in Islamabad raised security concerns during their ongoing tour, the interior minister said on Thursday. Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir had assured Sri Lankan Defence Minister Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon of the team’s …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan said on Thursday Afghan nationals carried out two deadly suicide bombings in its territory this week, amid sharpening tensions between the South Asian neighbours over militant violence. The involvement of Afghans in the attacks – one outside a courthouse in the capital on Tuesday, the other at a military …
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By Heejin Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -A light truck crashed into a market in South Korea on Thursday, ploughing 150 metres (164 yards) along a passageway lined with stalls before coming to a halt, killing two people and injuring 18, according to emergency officials and media reports. The incident took place at a market located in …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -More than half a million people in South Korea sat for the country’s gruelling university entrance exam on Thursday as police mobilised to ensure they made it to the test sites on time and all flights were halted for half an hour. The number sitting the test, essential to secure a place at …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -At least one person was killed in Cambodia amid a flare-up of conflict with Thailand on Wednesday as the neighbours accused each other of opening fire along a disputed part of their border, threatening a U.S.-brokered truce. Earlier on Wednesday Thailand’s foreign ministry said it had demanded an apology from Cambodia after accusing …
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DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh will hold a national referendum on implementing its ‘July Charter’ for state reform, drafted after last year’s deadly student-led uprising, Muhammad Yunus, the head of the country’s interim government, said on Thursday. He also reiterated that parliamentary elections will be held in the first half of February and that they would be …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s foreign ministry on Thursday demanded Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract what it called her “egregious” remarks related to Taiwan, warning that otherwise Japan “must bear all consequences” for the comments. Takaichi sparked a diplomatic row with Beijing with remarks in parliament last week that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could amount …
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By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -Beijing’s High Court rejected an appeal on Thursday by veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu to overturn a seven-year jail term for espionage, his family told Reuters, calling the decision an “act of persecution”. Arrested in Beijing in February 2022 while lunching with a Japanese diplomat, the respected …
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BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -Chinese police on Thursday issued a wanted notice and offered a $35,000 reward for two Taiwanese social media influencers they accused of “separatism”, what Taipei says is an effort by China to bring fear to Taiwanese. Beijing has accused dozens of people in democratically-governed Taiwan, which it views as Chinese territory, of “separatism”, …
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