(Reuters) – Floods in Myanmar have killed at least 226 people in just over a week, state media reported on Tuesday, after heavy rains brought on by Typhoon Yagi battered the central provinces of the war-torn Southeast Asian country. Around a third of Myanmar’s 55 million people are already in need humanitarian aid, following incessant …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s health ministry reported on Tuesday one new case of the mpox virus infection of the clade 2 variety, a less severe variant of the disease, and said the patient had been isolated and was in a stable condition. The case was detected on Monday in a man who began showing …
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(Reuters) – China Coast Guard ships Meishan and Xiushan have arrived in Russia’s Far East port of Vladivostok to conduct joint exercises and patrols with their Russian counterparts, RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday. “A number of events are planned during the visit, including joint exercises and patrols,” RIA cited a local branch of …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges stemming from an alleged plot to assassinate an American politician in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards top commander Qassem Soleimani. Asif Merchant, 46, entered his plea to one count of attempting …
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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States worked for some time to secure the freedom of American Pastor David Lin ahead of his release from China and is still seeking the release of other Americans held there, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Monday. The State Department announced on Sunday that China …
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By Praveen Paramasivam and Dhwani Pandya CHENNAI (Reuters) -Indian police late on Monday released most of the 104 striking workers at a Samsung Electronics plant who were detained for planning a protest march without permission, with the dispute disrupting output at the factory for the past week. The detention marked an escalation of a strike …
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ASTANA (Reuters) – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev urged visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday to give up on the idea that Russia can be defeated on the battlefield and to support China’s peace plan for Ukraine, a suggestion Scholz rejected. Scholz is on his first official tour of Central Asia as Berlin looks for …
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By Joyce Zhou and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – Young people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Monday for the emblematic Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance hoping to bring a new generation to the 145-year-old tradition. Each year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, more than 300 male performers parade a 67-metre-long dragon festooned …
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ASTANA (Reuters) -Germany is interested in expanding trade with Kazakhstan while also ensuring such trade is not used to circumvent EU sanctions on Russia, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on a visit to the Central Asian nation. “I am grateful for the trusting dialogue between us, through which we want to prevent trade between us from …
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By Casey Hall and Ryan Woo SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The normally-bustling financial hub of Shanghai was brought to a standstill on Monday as residents sheltered at home to wait out the worst of Typhoon Bebinca. The Category 1 storm, which made landfall in Shanghai on Monday morning, is the most powerful tropical cyclone to directly …
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