BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday he would go to Washington after discussing a Chinese peace plan for Ukraine in Beijing. Hungary began its six-month EU presidency in July with a call to “Make Europe Great Again”, echoing former U.S. President Donald Trump, an Orban ally and sharp critic of …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -Seoul is reviewing a request from Poland to buy its drones, particularly aerial attack vehicles used effectively in Ukraine, as it could help seal more contracts with a major arms buyer, a news report said on Monday. Poland made a sales pitch for a range of its drones to a South Korean delegation …
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By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has won re-election to a third term on Sunday, fending off challenges from dozens of candidates vying to unseat the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-backed incumbent, according to an exit poll from public broadcaster NHK. Koike, 71, got more than 40% of the vote, followed by …
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(Reuters) – Hong Myung-bo has been named head coach of the South Korean national soccer team a decade after he last held the post, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday. The Korea Football Association tapped the 55-year-old for the permanent role after sacking Juergen Klinsmann in February following the team’s semi-final exit from the Asian …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing at least 11 people in the last 36 hours in Nepal and blocking key highways and roads, officials said on Sunday. Eight people were missing, either washed away by floods or buried in landslides, while 12 others were injured and being …
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By Shivam Patel and Krishna N. Das BAHADURNAGAR, India (Reuters) – Just a pat on the back by preacher “Bhole Baba” and Ramkumari said a stone in her kidney vanished. The 85-year-old gave no proof but this story and countless others of similar “miracles” led to Baba’s following rocketing in India’s northern states. A gathering …
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SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) -Rescue personnel began sealing a breached dike at China’s second-largest freshwater lake in the south of the country on Saturday afternoon after water levels stabilised on both side of the burst, Chinese state media said. A day earlier the 226-metre (740-foot) stretch of dike breached at Dongting Lake in Hunan province, with …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Dalai Lama said on Saturday he is recovering from a knee surgery and feels “physically fit”, brushing aside rumours of ill health on his 89th birthday. “Recently I had surgery on my knee, which has given me some problem. However, I am recovering and have no problem at all now,” …
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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Saturday that China’s largest coastguard vessel has anchored in Manila’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, and is meant to intimidate its smaller Asian neighbour. The China coastguard’s 165-meter ‘monster ship’ entered Manila’s 200-nautical mile EEZ on July 2, spokesperson for the …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The chief organiser of an Indian preacher’s event where a stampede killed 121 people this week surrendered to police on Friday, a lawyer for the preacher said, after police had launched a manhunt. Devprakash Madhukar was named a key suspect in an initial report registered by police under charges including attempted culpable …
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