By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -At least 10 people, including eight Rohingya Muslims, were killed and several others injured on Wednesday after heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides in refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, officials said. People died in landslides at four separate places in the early hours of Wednesday, Mohammad Shamsud Douza, a senior Bangladesh …
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By Arpan Chaturvedi and Tanvi Mehta NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian authorities said on Wednesday they were impounding a Som Group distillery and temporarily suspending the plant’s manufacturing licences after the federal child rights agency found 59 children working at the site illegally. Police launched an investigation into Som after the National Commission for Protection of …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A strategic partnership pact signed by the leaders of Russia and North Korea on Wednesday includes a mutual defence clause under which each country agrees to help the other repel external aggression, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “The comprehensive partnership agreement signed today provides, among other things, for mutual assistance in the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with a Russian-built Aurus limousine, a tea set and an admiral’s dirk, Russia’s state news agency TASS quoted a Kremlin aide as saying on Wednesday. Putin, on a visit to Pyongyang, in turn received various works of art depicting himself, …
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By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam prepared on Wednesday to roll out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin in a visit seen as a publicity coup for the Russian president, who is accused of war crimes in Ukraine, while bringing benefits and risks for Hanoi’s Communist leaders. Putin is expected to arrive late Wednesday night …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Wednesday called for prayers for the Chinese people, in unscripted remarks coming amid the Vatican’s desire to upgrade its relations with Beijing. Relations with communist China have historically been fraught, but Francis has made it a priority to normalise them, building on a landmark 2018 pact on appointing …
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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte resigned on Wednesday from her posts as education minister and vice-chair of an anti-insurgency task force, in the latest sign that her alliance with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has crumbled. Marcos had accepted Duterte’s resignation and thanked her for her service, Presidential Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil said in …
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By Laurie Chen and Josh Smith BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – China reacted guardedly this week as Russia and North Korea deepened their ties and vowed to resist the U.S.-led West, with Beijing avoiding any trilateral arrangement that might complicate its relations with other countries. On Wednesday, Beijing watched from the sidelines as North Korean leader Kim …
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By Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NATO is concerned about support Russia could provide for North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs, the alliance’s head said on Tuesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin began his first trip to the reclusive nuclear-armed country in 24 years. Putin, on a state visit for talks with North …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Torrential rain and landslides in China’s coastal provinces of Guangdong and Fujian have killed nine people and left 17 missing, state media and local authorities said on Monday. In Guangdong, five people were killed, 15 missing and 13 trapped as of Monday, local emergency management authorities said. Sishui, a town in the province, …
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