(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.67 struck the Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region on Wednesday, just a day after a magnitude 7.1 quake in the same area, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. On Tuesday, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the same region. Chinese state media said that quake led to the collapse of …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan will deploy the army to ensure peace at its general election next month, the prime minister’s office said, amid concerns that recent attacks by Islamist militants could threaten the holding of the Feb. 8 polls. The military’s deployment at the polling stations has been controversial in the past, …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has demolished a major monument in its capital that symbolized the goal of reconciliation with South Korea on the orders of leader Kim Jong Un, who last week called South Korea a “primary foe” and said unification was no longer possible. Satellite imagery of Pyongyang on Tuesday showed that the monument, …
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COLOMBO (Reuters) – A Chinese research vessel on its way to the Maldives will not conduct any research while in the archipelago’s waters in the Indian Ocean, the Maldivian foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The Chinese vessel Xiang Yang Hong 03, which is en route to the Maldives, will only make a port call “for …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – At least 569 Rohingya were reported to have died or gone missing while trying to flee Myanmar or Bangladesh in 2023, the highest toll since 2014, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday, calling for urgent action to protect the ethnic minority group. The deaths or disappearances occurred during …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -China underwent scrutiny of its human rights record at a U.N. meeting on Tuesday, with mostly Western countries calling for protections for Xinjiang Uyghurs and greater freedom in Hong Kong which Beijing dismissed as guidance based on lies. The review at the U.N. in Geneva is the first since the …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region on Tuesday, leading to the collapse of homes and killing at least three people and injuring five, Chinese state media reported. China’s Earthquake Administration said rescue efforts were underway, coordinated with the Office of the Earthquake Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management. …
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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he does not endorse Taiwan independence and reiterated his country was committed to its One-China policy, a response to China’s outrage over recent remarks in congratulating Taiwan’s election winner. Marcos said in an interview with GMA News TV aired on Tuesday that his congratulatory comment to …
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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said the country’s constitution needs to be amended because it was “not written for the globalised world”. Marcos, in an interview with GMA News TV aired on Tuesday, said the economic provisions of the 1987 constitution, which was introduced a year after the overthrow of his father …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – The death toll from a landslide in China’s Yunnan province rose to 25 late on Tuesday as rescue workers battled freezing temperatures and snow to locate dozens of missing people. Rescuers worked through the night sifting deep mounds of earth at the site of the landslide in Zhenxiong County, state-owned China Central …
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