BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Wednesday launched sea trials for the Fujian, its third and most advanced aircraft carrier, state media reported. The start of tests by the Chinese navy came nearly two years after the aircraft carrier was first unveiled in June 2022. The Fujian, entirely designed and built domestically, is larger and more advanced …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Retired diplomat Maris Sangiampongsa has been endorsed as the country’s new foreign minister by Thailand’s king, the official Royal Gazette said on Wednesday. Maris, 65, is a former Thai ambassador to Australia and Canada and was an adviser to predecessor Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, who unexpectedly resigned on Sunday after he lost his deputy …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh again closed all primary schools across the country and educational institutions in almost half of districts including the capital as a severe heatwave saw temperatures climb to 43 degrees Celsius (109 Fahrenheit) on Monday. Schools across the country that closed last week due to the heatwave reopened on Sunday …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The debris from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Jan. 2 was from a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile, United Nations sanctions monitors told a Security Council committee in a report seen by Reuters on Monday. In the 32-page report, the U.N. …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain expects to have removed Chinese-made surveillance technology from sensitive sites by April 2025, as it seeks to tighten security amid increasing concerns about Beijing’s spying activities, the British government said on Monday. Anxiety has mounted across Europe about China’s alleged espionage activity. British police last week charged two men with spying …
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DUSHANBE (Reuters) – Tajikistan’s foreign ministry summoned Russia’s ambassador on Monday to protest over what it described as unfair treatment of its citizens by Moscow, in a rare dispute between post-Soviet allies. It said it was seriously concerned with frequent cases where Tajik citizens were treated in a deliberately negative way. The ministry made no …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Retired diplomat Maris Sangiampongsa is the top candidate to become Thailand’s new foreign minister, multiple sources said on Monday, after the previous holder of the post unexpectedly quit having lost his other position of deputy prime minister. Maris is a former Thai ambassador to Australia and Canada and was an advisor to …
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By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines has closed schools down and warned of overloading on its power grid, as authorities across Southeast Asia issued a series of health alerts for a crushing and deadly heat wave. The Philippines’ country’s education ministry cancelled in-person classes at public schools for two days on Sunday. “We …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – A North Korean delegation attended an Iranian expo in Tehran last week and discussed bilateral trade with Iranian government officials and the private sector, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday. North Korea and Iran have long been suspected of cooperating on ballistic missile programmes, possibly exchanging technical expertise and …
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By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chinese shoppers are spending a little more on diapers and some Colgate toothpastes, according to executives at the makers of these products, even as consumers fret about the country’s property crisis and faltering economy. China’s economic slump after the pandemic has weighed on sales at consumer packaged goods …
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