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MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine court acquitted the fiercest critic of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war on drugs” in the last of three narcotics cases on Monday. A trial court issued an order dismissing with finality a drug case against former Senator Leila de Lima, her legal counsel, Filibon Tacardon, told reporters. De …

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By Hyunsu Yim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -Top North Korean military officials criticised the United States on Monday for its expanding military assistance to Ukraine and dispatch of one of its aircraft carriers to join joint drills with South Korea and Japan, according to state news agency KCNA. North Korea’s vice minister of defence, …

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MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines’ defence chief said China used “aggressive and illegal force” to disrupt a resupply mission in the South China Sea and said last week’s maritime incident, which injured a sailor, was neither a misunderstanding nor an accident. “We are not downplaying the incident,” Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro told a media briefing after …

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By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) -A senior British judge on Monday heard a protest-related case in Hong Kong involving seven high profile democrats, adding to the debate over whether foreign judges should continue to sit on the city’s highest court amid a national security crackdown. David Neuberger, a former head of …

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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s ambassador to Beijing visited the region of Xinjiang last week and expressed concerns about human rights violations directly to local leaders, the Canadian foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday. A 2022 report by the then U.N. human rights chief said China’s treatment of Uyghurs, a mainly Muslim ethnic minority …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban government is due to send officials to Qatar next weekend to meet top U.N. officials and envoys from up to 25 countries for a two-day gathering that rights groups have criticized for not including Afghan women. It will be the third such U.N.-led meeting in Doha, …

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, arrived in New York on Sunday ahead of medical treatment for his knees and was greeted by hundreds of cheering and chanting supporters. The 88-year-old waved from the open window of a limousine as it approached his Manhattan hotel. He walked …

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TOKYO (Reuters) – The European Union is seeking security and defence industry partnerships with Japan and South Korea aimed at joint development of military equipment, the Nikkei reported on Sunday, citing a senior EU commission official. These would mark the EU’s first such security and defence-related collaboration with Asian nations, the Japanese business newspaper said …

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