By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan banned an Islamist party for the second time in four years on Thursday, a week after five people died in clashes between its members and police. Followers of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party took to the streets for an anti-Israel protest march ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of …
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By Laurie Chen, Michael Martina and Karen Freifeld BEIJING/WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Just a month after U.S. President Donald Trump hailed “progress” in talks with China, the world’s two most powerful nations are scrambling to salvage a planned summit of their leaders, now just a week away, while trading blame for a spike in tension. Even …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada hopes that Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in South Korea next week, a senior Canadian government official told reporters on Thursday. Carney, who stresses the need to restart a broad engagement with Beijing after years of poor ties, is due to …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. is preparing to investigate China’s adherence to the terms of a trade deal signed during President Donald Trump’s first term, the New York Times reported on Thursday citing a person familiar. The Section 301 probe could be announced as early as Friday, the Times reported, and could result in additional tariffs …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have rejected a challenge to the court’s jurisdiction in a case against former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte and said his case can move forward, a court decision published on Thursday showed. Duterte, in office from 2016 to 2022, was arrested and taken to The Hague in March …
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HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party has set January 19-25 as the dates for its five-yearly congress to define the country’s main strategies and policies, state media reported on Thursday. The congress will elect the Party Central Committee, its top decision-making body with around 180 members, reported Lao Dong Newspaper, citing a party document. The …
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By Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) -The peak of Japan’s Mount Fuji was capped with snow for the first time this winter on Thursday, reaching the milestone 21 days later than the average since records began in 1894, the meteorological agency said. This year’s snowfall came two weeks earlier than 2024, when snow settled on the …
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KABUL (Reuters) -Border closures between Pakistan and Afghanistan have pushed up prices of essential goods in both nations, with tomatoes now costing five times more in Pakistan since fighting broke out between the two South Asian neighbours this month. Border crossings between the two countries have remained closed since October 11, following ground fighting and …
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By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese military official Zhang Shengmin, 67, was promoted to become the country’s number two general at a key Communist Party meeting on Thursday, Xinhua reported, after a military corruption purge snared dozens of top brass. The statement was released on the last day of a closed-door meeting of the 300-plus …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Nearly 700 foreigners have fled Myanmar and crossed into Thailand, the Thai army said on Thursday, following a military operation against the Chinese-backed KK Park, a notorious cybercrime compound. Thailand has detained 677 people, including 618 men and 59 women, after they crossed the border into Tak province, it said in a statement. …
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