MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines and China have “reached an understanding on the provisional arrangement” for resupply missions to a beached naval ship in the South China Sea, Manila’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) did not provide details on the arrangement for the Philippines’ resupply missions …
SHUSHA, Azerbaijan (Reuters) – Azerbaijan is proposing to sign a document with Armenia on the basic principles of a future peace treaty as an interim measure as they wrangle over a broader deal, a senior Azerbaijani official said on Sunday. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have repeatedly said they want to sign a peace treaty to …
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By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan must protect its sovereignty and know its own culture and history, President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday, rejecting what he said was the previous mistaken belief the island could serve as a base to “retake” China. Lai, who took office in May, and his ruling Democratic Progressive Party …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s coast guard said on Sunday it had located and intercepted a large oil tanker that was involved in a fiery collision with another vessel two days ago off Singapore. The coast guard said on Saturday that the Sao Tome and Principe-flagged tanker Ceres I had left the location of the …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea on Sunday floated balloons carrying trash towards South Korea, South Korea’s military said, declaring it would respond with “full-scale” loudspeaker broadcasts. The South Korean military said the North’s actions raising tensions near the heavily armed border could have fatal consequences, adding the North Korean regime would be solely responsible. “As we …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it has raised Bangladesh’s travel advisory to level four, which urges people to not travel to the Asian country due to what Washington described as “civil unrest” amid ongoing protests. The State Department also said it authorized the voluntary departure of non-emergency U.S. …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Chinese President Xi Jinping wrote him a note after the Republican presidential nominee suffered a gunshot wound to his ear during an assassination attempt last week. “(Xi) wrote me a beautiful note the other day when he heard about what happened,” Trump told …
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By Sam Jahan and Sudipto Ganguly DHAKA (Reuters) -Soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday and the government ordered all offices and institutions to stay closed for two days after at least 114 people were killed this week during student-led protests against government job quotas. At least four people died, …
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By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia’s coast guard said on Saturday that one of the two large oil tankers involved in a collision that led to fires on both had left the location of the accident and was believed to have turned off its tracking system. The coast guard said it was tracking the …
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HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam will hold a state funeral next week for Nguyen Phu Trong, the leader of its ruling Communist Party who died on Friday, the government said on Saturday. There will be two days of national mourning on July 25-26, a government statement said, with the state funeral on the second day. During …
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