SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol joined U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other foreign officials this week in calling for measures to counter digital threats to freedom as Seoul hosted the Summit for Democracy. The event is the third of its kind after U.S. President Joe Biden established the summit …
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By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s parliament is set to meet on Thursday to discuss unspecified “personnel issues”, according to a letter sent to legislators seen by Reuters, amid speculation of a reshuffle of the Communist-ruled country’s top leadership. Multiple Vietnamese officials and diplomats said the possible resignation of the country’s president Vo Van …
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KABUL (Reuters) – A traffic accident in southern Afghanistan killed 21 people and injured dozens on Sunday, the provincial government said. The crash on the Kandahar-Herat highway involved a motorcycle, a fuel truck and a bus, said Sher Mohammad Wahdat, head of the information department for Helmand’s provincial government, adding 38 people were injured. Photos …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Two people were injured on Saturday after a powerful blast at a barbecue shop in the eastern Chinese city of Huaian, local authorities said, the latest incident to spur calls for better restaurant-safety checks across the country. Videos online posted by state media showed that the blast that occurred at 4:20 p.m. …
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By Emma Farge and Cecile Mantovani GENEVA (Reuters) – North Koreans defectors spoke at a U.N. event in Geneva on Friday to expose human rights violations in a country one of them described as “hell” and to advocate for a strengthened U.N. mandate to investigate and document them. The defectors came to the U.N. in …
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By Yimou Lee and Fabian Hamacher TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan on Saturday warned off Chinese coast guard ships that entered its restricted waters near frontline islands close to China for a second day in a row, as tensions simmer across the sensitive Taiwan Strait. Taiwan’s coast guard said four Chinese coast guard boats on Saturday …
By Jessie Pang and Edward Cho HONG KONG (Reuters) -A Hong Kong court on Saturday sentenced 12 people to jail terms from more than four years to nearly seven years in a high-profile rioting case linked to the storming of the city legislature during a pro-democracy protest in 2019. The incident was a pivotal moment …
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By Mushtaq Ali PESHAWAR (Reuters) -Militants attacked a military post in Pakistan near Afghanistan early on Saturday using a vehicle laden with explosives as well as suicide bombs, killing seven security force members, Pakistan’s military said. The incident in northwest Pakistan was carried out by six attackers, the military’s media wing said in a statement, …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Fiji will maintain a policing cooperation deal with China after a review of the agreement which has sparked concern in Australia, the Guardian Australia news site reported. “We are now back on the original police agreement [with China] – that has been restored, we had reviewed it for 12 months,” Fijian Home …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – A Taiwanese citizen missing for days following a passenger boat capsize off the Indonesia’s capital Jakarta was found dead on Friday, the coast guard said in a statement. The boat, carrying 35 people, capsized on Monday near the Kepulauan Seribu area of Jakarta after the vessel was hit by a wave, Indonesian …
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