By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -A Nepali sherpa guide scaled the summit of Mount Everest for a record 30th time on Wednesday, an official said, while two climbers went missing while descending from the world’s tallest peak. Ordinary climbers are known to take several days to climb the summit of Everest, and it is very …
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By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – A U.S. defense spending bill advanced by the House of Representatives this week contains a measure that would bar the use of Chinese-made lidar sensors in U.S. military systems. The measure, introduced by Rep. Elise Stefanik, a Republican from New York, would block the U.S. Defense Department from buying or …
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PARIS (Reuters) -Police shot dead a man in riot-hit New Caledonia on Friday evening, a day after President Emmanuel Macron visited to the French-ruled Pacific island to try to calm tensions, local media said, citing the local prosecutor’s office. The police officer used his gun as he and a colleague were attacked by a group …
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By Yimou Lee, Fabian Hamacher and Angie Teo TAIPEI (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people took to the streets around Taiwan’s parliament on Friday to demonstrate against contested parliamentary reforms, in a protest also marked by anger over China’s perceived influence on the island’s democracy. The rally outside parliament, following one on Tuesday, came …
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GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations human rights office on Friday warned there was a risk of a serious rise in violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where it received “frightening and disturbing reports” of the killing of Rohingya people and burning of their property. The United States, the European Union, Britain and other nations expressed alarm …
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By Lisa Barrington SEOUL (Reuters) -Singapore Airlines has changed its in-flight seatbelt rules and altered at least one flight route after a turbulence incident this week killed one person and left dozens critically injured, according to the airline and flight data. The airline is adopting a more cautious approach to turbulence, including not serving hot …
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By Bernard Orr and Yimou Lee BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China staged mock missile strikes and dispatched fighter jets carrying live missiles along with bombers on Friday, state broadcaster CCTV said, as part of exercises Beijing has said were launched to punish Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te. The bombers set up several attack formations in waters east …
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By Hyonhee Shin, Antoni Slodkowski and Kaori Kaneko SEOUL/BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) -When South Korea hosts the first trilateral summit with China and Japan in four years beginning on Sunday, the three neighbours may struggle to go beyond surface-level diplomacy after years of deteriorating ties, diplomats and officials said. Still, even handshakes would help maintain at least …
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HANOI (Reuters) – At least 14 people were killed and three injured in a fire that broke out at a densely populated residential area in Hanoi early on Friday, police said. Firefighters managed to rescue seven people from the fire at a five-story building in a small alley in Vietnam’s capital city, the Ministry of …
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BISHKEK (Reuters) – Students from Pakistan and other Asian countries are leaving Kyrgyzstan by the hundreds after an angry mob attacked their living quarters this month, although some hope to return when the situation calms down. Hundreds of Kyrgyz young men stormed a hostel in capital Bishkek in the early hours of May 17 and …
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