SEOUL (Reuters) – Ballistic missile launchers that North Korea has said it plans to deploy on the border with South Korea are believed to have a range of 110 km (68 miles), allowing them to target Chungcheong Province south of Seoul, the Yonhap news agency reported. North Korean state media reported earlier this month that …
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MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines has confirmed two more mpox virus infections of the milder clade 2 variety, its health ministry said Monday, bringing the number of active cases to three. “We continue to see local transmission of mpox clade II here in the Philippines, in Metro Manila in particular,” Health Minister Teodoro Herbosa said in …
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KARACHI (Reuters) – Two bus accidents in northeast and southwest Pakistan killed as at least 34 people on Sunday, the authorities said. Twelve pilgrims died on the Makran Coastal Highway in the southwest, the interior ministry said, while a rescue official said 22 had died when their passenger bus plunged into a deep ravine in …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees rallied in camps in Bangladesh on Sunday on the seventh anniversary of the military crackdown that forced them to flee, demanding an end to violence and safe return to Myanmar. More than a million Rohingya live in squalid camps in southern Bangladesh with …
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By Dhwani Pandya MUMBAI (Reuters) – A joint-venture led by billionaire Gautam Adani is struggling to secure land to rehabilitate poor residents of one of Asia’s largest slums in Mumbai, a government official said, posing a fresh challenge for the ambitious reconstruction plan. The Dharavi slum, about three-quarters of the size of New York’s Central …
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MANILA/BEIJING (Reuters) -The Philippines and China clashed in disputed waters of the South China Sea on Sunday over what Manila said was a resupply mission for fishermen, the latest in a series of sea and air confrontations in the strategic waterway. The incident overshadows efforts by both nations to rebuild trust and better manage disputes …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thirteen people including a Russian couple died in a mudslide on the Thai resort island of Phuket, the authorities said Sunday, after calling off a search for missing persons. Heavy rains last week set off the mudslides near the Big Buddha, a popular tourist destination in the south of the country, said …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Sunday it had taken “control measures” against a Philippine vessel in the South China Sea, where the two countries have had escalating confrontations over disputed waters. China’s coast guard said in a statement the vessel had “illegally” entered waters near the Sabina Shoal and had repeatedly approached Chinese coast …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s election body secured parliament’s nod on Sunday to issue new rules in line with demands from protesters, who have been furious over an attempt by allies of outgoing President Joko Widodo to change eligibility requirements in their favour. Demonstrations flared up in several cities in Indonesia last week as anger mounted …
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A deputy Taiwan foreign minister will attend this week’s meeting of Pacific Islands leaders in Tonga, Taiwan’s foreign ministry said on Sunday, as China and the United States jostle for influence in the region. The Pacific is also an area of competition between Taipei and Beijing, as China whittles away at the …
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