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By Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) – The death toll in Vietnam from typhoon Yagi and the landslides and flash floods it triggered rose to 254 on Friday, authorities said, as flood waters receded and search efforts pressed on. The Southeast Asian country is still reeling from the strongest storm to hit Asia this year which …

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HANOI (Reuters) – Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto said on Friday Vietnam and Indonesia had agreed to elevate their ties to a “comprehensive strategic partnership”. Prabowo was speaking in Hanoi during a two-day visit to Vietnam. He is expected to meet Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Saturday. “For us, Vietnam has always been a …

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By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – Canada is in discussions about joining an expanded AUKUS deal between the U.S., Britain, and Australia formed to counter China’s growing military influence in the Asia Pacific region, Canadian Defence Minister Bill Blair said. Canada has said it wants to join a second pillar of AUKUS that will collaborate …

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KYIV (Reuters) – Russia started producing a new long-range attack drone called the Garpiya-A1 last year using Chinese engines and parts, which it has deployed in the war in Ukraine, according to two sources from a European intelligence agency and documents seen by Reuters. The intelligence – which included a production contract for the new …

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By Mikhail Flores MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine celebrity pastor Apollo Quiboloy, who calls himself the “Appointed Son of God”, pleaded not guilty on Friday to several criminal charges including sexually abusing a child during arraignments in two separate courts, his lawyer said. Quiboloy, leader of the Philippine-based Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) church which says …

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By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese and Russian defence officials on Friday took swipes at the West at a military diplomacy forum in Beijing, with China pitching to the Global South and Russia saying the United States was shifting military conflicts to the Asia-Pacific. In a wide-ranging speech to the annual Xiangshan Forum, China’s defence …

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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police said on Friday they will summon the top management of an Islamic business group, after children rescued from charity homes allegedly run by the firm suffered injuries consistent with sexual and physical assault. Police this week rescued 402 children and youths in raids carried out at 20 premises that …

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By Alexander Ratz and Yimou Lee BERLIN/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Two German navy ships including a frigate sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday in the first such transit in two decades and at a time of soaring tensions between Taipei and Beijing. China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own, says only it …

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By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s top legislative body has approved a proposal to raise the country’s retirement age, the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday, accelerating an overhaul of decades-old laws to tackle the economic pressure of a shrinking workforce. China’s retirement ages are currently amongst the lowest globally. Reform is urgent …

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