By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is looking to bolster the capabilities of the Philippines to operate lawfully in its waters, a senior White House official said on Wednesday, ahead of a meeting of defense and foreign ministers of the two countries. The senior U.S. diplomat for East Asia, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on a China-based network for helping North Korea develop its ballistic missile and space programs, the U.S. Treasury Department said. The six individuals and five companies in the so-called Shi Qianpei network were involved in procuring items to support the programs in violations of multiple United …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -Factories, offices and banks reopened in Bangladesh on Wednesday after a nationwide curfew enforced by the army was eased and relative calm prevailed following days of deadly violence. Rush-hour traffic returned to the capital Dhaka and broadband internet was largely restored, although social media continued to be suspended after student-led …
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KATHMANDU (Reuters) -A small passenger plane belonging to Nepal’s Saurya Airlines crashed and caught fire while taking off from the capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, killing 18 people on board and leaving one survivor, the captain, officials said. “Only the captain was rescued alive and is receiving treatment at a hospital,” said Tej Bahadur Poudyal, spokesman …
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BEIJING/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s top diplomat told China’s foreign minister at talks in the southern city of Guangzhou on Wednesday that Kyiv was open to talks with Russia if Moscow was prepared to negotiate in good faith, something he said he saw no evidence of for now. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is the highest ranking Ukrainian …
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By Mikhail Flores MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has reached an agreement with Beijing on its resupply missions to soldiers aboard a grounded naval vessel in the South China Sea, but will not submit to inspections from China, a top security official said on Wednesday. The Philippines and China, which have sparred repeatedly at sea …
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea is keen to boost ties with Belarus to “open a new era”, state media KCNA quoted Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui as saying on Wednesday, a day after she met her Belarusian counterpart in Pyongyang. Both North Korea and Belarus are allies of Russia, which has become more diplomatically isolated since …
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(Reuters) – Mountainous Nepal, where a small plane carrying 19 passengers caught fire during takeoff in the capital on Wednesday, has a sorry history of deadly air crashes. Before Wednesday’s crash, nearly 360 people had been killed in the country in 19 air crashes since 2000. Here are details of plane and helicopter crashes this …
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SIEM REAP, Cambodia (Reuters) – The first Black Marsh Turtle hatched in captivity in Cambodia is being carefully nurtured by conservationists until it can be released back into the wild as part of a plan to rebuild the population of the endangered reptile. The baby turtle hatched in late May at the Angkor Centre for …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine’s foreign minister arrived in China on Tuesday for talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi on ways to achieve a “fair peace” in the war with Russia and also to discuss bilateral relations, he said. Dmytro Kuleba’s visit is the first by a high-ranking Ukrainian official since Russia’s full-scale February 2022 invasion, which …
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