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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea will face “devastating consequences” for dropping anti-Pyongyang leaflets over North Korea, state media KCNA said on Tuesday, citing Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister. At least 29 large balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets from South Korea were found around North Korea, prompting a blockade in the areas …

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Palestinian factions, including rivals Hamas and Fatah, will hold unity talks in China in July, two senior Hamas and Fatah officials told Reuters on Monday, as they try to resolve deep divisions. The two factions met in China in April to discuss reconciliation efforts to end around 17 years of political splits. …

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DHAKA (Reuters) – More than 100 students were injured across Bangladesh on Monday in clashes between those protesting to end a quota system for government jobs and others loyal to the ruling party, police and witnesses said. The protests mark the first significant demonstrations that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has faced since she won a …

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By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan U.S. congressional committee urged the White House on Monday to disclose details on whether Russia was sharing insight with China on how to defeat U.S. weapons used on the battlefield in Ukraine. In a letter to White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan seen by Reuters, the …

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By Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Thousands of lawyers in India’s capital protested on Monday against an overhaul in criminal legislation by staying away from work and boycotting court hearings, as opposition mounted to the changes. Many have been angered by new laws that came in on July 1 expanding police powers to keep …

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KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Veteran communist politician K.P. Sharma Oli was sworn in as Nepal’s prime minister on Monday, the fifth in five years, hoping to ensure political stability in the impoverished Himalayan nation that badly needs to woo investors and create jobs. Nepal has been politically unstable since it abolished a 239-year-old monarchy in 2008. …

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HANOI (Reuters) – African swine fever outbreaks are spreading in Vietnam and could affect its food supplies and put upward pressure on inflation, according to a government document. ASF has for years disrupted the $250 billion global pork market. In the worst outbreak in 2018 and 2019, about half the domestic pig population died in …

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