By Hyonhee Shin, Josh Smith and Guy Faulconbridge SEOUL/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea on Wednesday for his first visit in 24 years, vowing to deepen trade and security ties with the reclusive nuclear-armed state and to support it against the United States. Russian state media said Putin’s plane touched …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea on Tuesday for his first visit in 24 years, Interfax news agency reported. The visit at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un underscores Moscow’s growing relationship with the nuclear-armed state since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Putin issued a presidential order on …
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By Chayut Setboonsarng and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s Senate passed the final reading of a marriage equality law on Tuesday, paving the way for it to become the first country in Southeast Asia to recognise same-sex couples. The bill, the culmination of more than two decades of effort by activists, was supported by an …
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QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador’s foreign ministry on Tuesday said that it was effectively reinstating a visa requirement for travelers from China, citing an increase in irregular migratory flows from the Asian nation. The ministry, in a statement posted on social media, said that it was suspending an agreement with China which had waived the requirement for …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – During a visit to Australia this week, Chinese Premier Li Qiang made a classic goodwill gesture that boded well for relations between the two countries: he offered to send pandas. The offer comes as ties between Australia and its largest trading partner improve after a diplomatic dispute that lead to China imposing …
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By Charlotte Greenfield DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) – A group of U.S. lawmakers arrived in India on Tuesday to meet Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, with the head of the delegation saying President Joe Biden would soon sign a bill that aims to press China to resolve the Tibet dispute. The bill seeks to push …
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MANILA (Reuters) – China’s embassy in the Philippines accused the U.S. military of “hypocrisy, malign intention and double standards” in response to a report of secret U.S. campaign to undermine confidence in a Chinese vaccines and other aid during the COVID-19 pandemic. The remarks made by the spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Manila on …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has raised with China’s Premier Li Qiang an incident at parliament house where Chinese officials tried to obstruct a journalist previously jailed in Beijing, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday. Li’s visit to Australia from June 15-18 was the first by a Chinese …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s task of flood control has grown “severe”, President Xi Jinping warned on Tuesday, as heavier-than-usual rainfall pounded provinces from the interior to the eastern coast at the beginning of the annual flood season. Torrential rain and landslides have killed nine people, with 17 missing, authorities said, following days of heavy rain in …
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BEIJING/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -China on Tuesday dismissed European Union calls for it to stop alleged human rights violations and said it opposed “double standards” and interference in its internal affairs. The EU said on Monday after an EU delegation visited Tibet and met with Chinese officials last week that it was concerned about what it called …
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