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(Reuters) -The U.S. State Department said on Monday it approved a possible foreign military sale to Taiwan of spare parts valued at about $228 million, which Taiwan’s military said will help maintain combat readiness in the face of China’s grey zone intrusions. The return, repair and reshipment of spare parts will be transferred from U.S. …

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By Nikunj Ohri NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India will conduct its much-delayed national census soon, Interior Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday, after a delay of about three years. The once-in-a-decade survey was due in 2021 but was delayed by the pandemic and technical and logistical hurdles. Reuters last month reported that India was likely to …

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By Gerry Doyle and Mike Stone SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The United States is amassing an arsenal of abundant and easily made anti-ship weapons as part of American efforts to deter China in the Indo-Pacific region and gear up U.S. forces there. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed U.S. thinking toward a new philosophy – “affordable …

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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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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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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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