KABUL (Reuters) -At least 50 people have died, and more than 100 were injured in Afghanistan in flooding following heavy rain in the northern province of Baghlan on Friday, a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior said, adding that the death toll may rise. Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qaniee said there had been flooding …
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By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines’ national security adviser called on Friday for Chinese diplomats to be expelled over an alleged leak of a phone conversation with a Filipino admiral in a significant escalation of a bitter row over the South China Sea. China’s embassy in Manila had orchestrated “repeated acts of engaging and …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian security forces killed at least 12 Maoist rebels in a gun battle in central India on Friday, the chief minister of Chhattisgarh state said, the third major encounter in recent weeks amid ongoing national elections. The rebels, who follow a form of communism propagated by late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Two Britons, including a former researcher for a prominent British lawmaker in the governing Conservative Party, were told on Friday they would go on trial next year accused of spying for China. The men, ex-researcher Christopher Cash, 29, and Christopher Berry, 32, were charged last month with providing prejudicial information to China …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s military closely monitored and “drove away” USS Halsey that entered the territorial waters of Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on May 10, the Southern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army said in a statement on Friday. The U.S. move “seriously infringed on China’s sovereignty and security,” the military said. …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s east coast on Friday, the island’s weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage. The earthquake shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The quake, off the coast of Hualien county, had a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the weather administration said. Taiwan has been …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s foreign minister Cho Tae-yul will visit China between Monday and Tuesday next week at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Seoul’s foreign ministry said on Friday. It will be Cho’s first trip to Beijing since taking up his post and marks the first visit by a South Korean …
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By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -An escalating diplomatic row and recent maritime run-ins between China and the Philippines have made the highly strategic South China Sea a flashpoint. WHAT ARE THE FLASHPOINTS? Central to recent standoffs between the Philippines and China are two hotly contested features located inside Manila’s 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone, but …
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By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional committee on China has asked leading research university Georgia Institute of Technology to detail its collaboration with a Chinese university facing U.S. government restrictions due to its alleged ties to the country’s military. Georgia Tech partnered with China’s northeastern Tianjin University on cutting edge technologies despite …
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By Anita Komuves and Boldizsar Gyori BUDAPEST (Reuters) -China and Hungary will embark on a “golden voyage” in bilateral relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping said after meeting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on the third and final stop of his first European tour in five years. Hungary under right-leaning Orban has become an important trade …
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