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BAKU (Reuters) – Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said that from September Baku will begin to resettle the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, whose majority ethnically Armenian population fled after Azeri forces took full control of the former breakaway region last year. The mountainous region, whose capital Khankendi is known in Armenia as Stepanakert, was captured by Azeri …

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By Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) – Families in Yambali village in Papua New Guinea were sleeping peacefully in their beds when a “mountain” of rubble buried them alive in a gigantic landslide, said a U.N. rescue worker at the disaster site and the country’s prime minister. For five days now those that survived have been …

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By Idrees Ali Washington (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will reassure Asian allies that Washington is committed to helping the region counter China, even as experts say the administration is focused on Israel’s war in Gaza and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Austin, who will be in Singapore for the annual Shangri-La Dialogue security …

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By Jack Kim and Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and the United Arab Emirates signed a trade agreement at a summit on Wednesday to sharply cut import duties and forge closer business and investment ties. “The special bond between the two leaders serves as an opportunity” to advance the countries’ strategic partnership, the office …

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MANILA (Reuters) -Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Wednesday new rules outlined by China’s coast guard that could result in the detention of foreigners in the South China Sea were an escalation and “worrisome”. China, which has maritime sovereignty disputes with the Philippines and other countries, issued new rules effective June 15 that would …

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Preliminary findings released on Wednesday of an investigation into a Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence last week showed a rapid change in gravitational force and a 54 metre altitude drop caused injuries. A 73-year-old passenger died of a suspected heart attack and dozens were injured after flight SQ321, flying from London …

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