NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday in Laos, where the two leaders agreed to resolve border issues as soon as possible. The two countries share a long Himalayan border, much of it poorly demarcated, and relations between them have been sour since a military …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization on Thursday called for an urgent and unified response to an “alarming” rise in avian influenza in humans and animals across the Asia-Pacific. The H5N1 virus has spread more widely than ever before, reaching as far as South America and Antarctica and infecting new species of …
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MOSCOW/BEIJING (Reuters) – Russian and Chinese nuclear-capable strategic bombers patrolled near the U.S. state of Alaska in the North Pacific and Arctic on Thursday, the two countries said, a move that prompted the United States and Canada to scramble fighter jets. Russian Tu-95MS “Bear” strategic bombers and Chinese Xi’an H-6 strategic bombers took part in …
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By Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam on Thursday began a two-day state funeral service to bid farewell to Nguyen Phu Trong, 80, the leader of its ruling Communist Party who died a week earlier. Amid tight security, hundreds of people took to the streets of Hanoi around a downtown funeral house and went to …
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(Corrects to advise there is no picture available with this story.) PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -A Cambodian court has found opposition politician Teav Vannol guilty of defamation and fined him $1.5 million in damages for comments he made to a foreign media outlet about the state of the country’s democracy, rights monitors said. In an interview …
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By Stanley Widianto and Martin Petty (Reuters) -The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN met in Laos on Wednesday as it seeks to advance a stalled bid to resolve a crisis in Myanmar and cool tensions in the South China Sea, days ahead of a gathering of top diplomats from the world’s biggest powers. The meeting of …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia is seeking the commitment of social media platforms to tackle cybercrimes ranging from scams, cyberbullying and child pornography, its communications minister said on Wednesday, as the government looks to clamp down on harmful content online. Malaysia reported a sharp increase in harmful social media content earlier this year and urged …
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By Yimou Lee YILAN, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan hunkered down on Wednesday for the arrival of a strengthening Typhoon Gaemi, with financial markets shut, flights cancelled and two people killed, while the military went on stand-by amid torrential rain. Gaemi, expected to be the strongest storm to hit Taiwan in eight years, is set to make …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will visit China from July 26-31 on her first trip there since taking office, aiming to improve trade with China, a person involved in the planning told Reuters. Meloni, who sees Chinese investment as a way to spur Italy’s anaemic economic growth, is expected to meet Chinese …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Countries and environmental groups voiced concern and disappointment on Tuesday after a draft treaty to cut fishing subsidies failed to pass, with China calling for major changes in how countries negotiate at the World Trade Organization. The talks, seen as critical to helping over-fished stocks recover, have been going …
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