(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he may be working on a plan to denuclearize with China and Russia, without providing details. “We redid our nuclear – we’re the number one nuclear power, which I hate to admit, because it’s so horrible,” Trump said during a speech at the American Business Forum …
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By Tim Kelly and Tom Bateman KAZUNO, Japan (Reuters) -Japan deployed troops to the country’s rugged north on Wednesday to help trap bears after local authorities said besieged communities were struggling to cope with an unprecedented wave of attacks. The operation began in Kazuno, a small town nestled among forested mountains that has seen a …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British authorities have seized rare dinosaur bones worth millions of pounds, as well as nine London apartments and a collection of Chinese art, from a Singapore-based businessman in a case to recover alleged proceeds of crime. Fossilised skeletons of two Allosauruses and a Stegosaurus were among the assets seized by Britain’s National Crime …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Former Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will visit Berlin to address a conference next week, her office said on Wednesday, as the diplomatically isolated island pushes ahead with a new outreach to Europe. Chinese-claimed and democratically governed Taiwan has formal diplomatic ties only with the Vatican in Europe, but countries from Britain and France …
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By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -An Olympic gold medallist and other younger faces are entering upcoming elections in Hong Kong as China strives to shore up the legitimacy of the city’s legislature even though it vets all prospective candidates. Beijing loyalists control the Legislative Council (Legco) but state media outlets have indicated that China …
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By Adrian Portugal and Eloisa Lopez CEBU, Philippines (Reuters) – Residents of the central Philippines on Wednesday began scraping mud from streets and homes that survived after Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 85 and left dozens missing as it tore through the region. Scenes of destruction emerged in the hardest-hit province of Cebu, a major …
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By Sayed Hassib MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) -Some residents in northern Afghanistan called on Wednesday for the Taliban government to help rebuild and restore a historic mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif that was damaged in a powerful earthquake. Monday’s magnitude 6.3 quake struck near the city, killing at least 27 people, injuring almost 1,000 and destroying hundreds of …
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By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna called on China to stop its economic support of Russia’s war in Ukraine and urged Beijing to join European and U.S. efforts to pressure President Vladimir Putin into a ceasefire during a Tuesday interview. Tsahkna met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and other officials during …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Rescuers in Nepal have recovered the bodies of two foreign climbers killed when an avalanche hit their expedition on a Himalayan peak, police said on Wednesday, as the search continued for five others. The remains of an Italian and a French climber were dug out of deep snow at the …
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By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft has delayed its return mission to Earth after the vessel was possibly hit by tiny bits of space debris, the country’s human spaceflight agency said on Wednesday, an unusual situation that could disrupt the operation of the country’s space station Tiangong. An impact analysis and risk …
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