TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s weather bureau said on Wednesday there was a 60% chance that La Nina would form towards the northern hemisphere autumn. The bureau also said the climate returned to normal with neither El Nino or La Nina phenomena occurring. La Nina is characterised by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific …
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By Lisa Barrington SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s trash balloon campaign, missile launches and the emergence of GPS “spoofing” have increased risks in South Korean airspace, aviation experts say, complicating airline operations as tensions rise between the rival nations. In late May, North Korea began floating thousands of balloons with bags of trash, including human …
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By Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that the death of innocent children was painful and terrifying, a day after a lethal strike on a children’s hospital in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The visiting Indian leader used emotive language to deliver an implicit rebuke …
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By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has been chosen to host the board of the “Loss and Damage” fund created by U.N. talks, marking another step towards providing financial help for countries to recover and rebuild from the impact of global warming. Last month, the World Bank’s board approved a plan for the …
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By Yukiko Toyoda, John Geddie TOKYO (Reuters) -Russia’s deepening military cooperation with North Korea has underlined the need for Japan to forge closer ties with NATO as regional security threats become increasingly intertwined, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told Reuters. In written remarks ahead of his attendance at a NATO summit in Washington DC this week, …
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By Irene Wang TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan warned on Tuesday against the risk of heatstroke in Tokyo and areas in its east and west, as hot and humid conditions behind several recent deaths drove some people to use new “cooling shelters” set up around the capital. Authorities urged people to avoid physical activity as the …
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KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan plans to delay raising power tariffs until October, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Tuesday, offering respite on power rates, a key component in the country’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Reining in unresolved debt across Pakistan’s power sector is a top concern of the IMF, with which Islamabad …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia deployed a helicopter and hundreds of rescuers on Tuesday as it resumed a search for 35 people still missing after a landslide at an illegal gold mine on the island of Sulawesi killed at least 23, the search and rescue agency said. Torrential rain triggered Sunday’s disaster, which engulfed miners and residents …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s incoming President Prabowo Subianto is exploring ways to remove the fiscal deficit and debt-to-GDP ratio ceilings, aiming to fund his campaign pledges, investigative magazine Tempo reported this week, citing unidentified sources. Prabowo’s adviser for fiscal matters, Thomas Djiwandono, said he was not aware of any discussion to remove fiscal gap and debt …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – Flooding in Bangladesh has swept away homes and shut schools, displacing tens of thousands of people, the disaster and relief ministry said on Tuesday, and a forecast for more heavy rain over the next few days is expected to worsen the situation. Some 40,000 people are taking refuge at …
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