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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s cabinet has passed draft regulations on data security management, state media said on Friday. At a meeting on Friday, the cabinet said it was necessary to categorise and classify network data protection, clarify security boundaries, ensure the orderly and free flow of data. The meeting also discussed and adopted “in principle” …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia will conduct an audit to reform tourism on the tropical island of Bali to improve tourism quality and preserve local culture and jobs, a senior minister said on Friday. About 200,000 foreigners currently live in Bali and have created problems such as crime, over-development and competition for employment, Luhut Pandjaitan, senior …

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s military has launched intelligence-based operations in the southwestern Balochistan province in response to attacks by insurgents that killed over 50 people this week, the army said on Friday. In a statement, the army said five insurgents were killed and three others wounded in the three operations it had launched in the province. …

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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -The Pacific Islands Forum has endorsed a plan to boost police numbers among its members, cutting the need to rely on external forces in a crisis, with China security ally Solomon Islands supporting the Australian-funded initiative on Friday. The bloc of 18 nations has the potential to play a strong …

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By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -China lacks the ability to “fully” invade Taiwan as it does not have the equipment, but is bringing on line advanced new weapons and has other options to threaten Taiwan, such as inspecting foreign cargo ships, the island’s defence ministry said. China, which views democratically-governed Taiwan as …

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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Taiwan’s embassy in Haiti on Thursday presented Haiti’s national police and army with protective equipment such as helmets, tactical kneepads, eye protectors and bulletproof vests, to support their fight against powerful gangs. Haiti’s prime minister’s office said 400 individual kits had been delivered, making a total of 800 kits from Taiwan in two …

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