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BEIJING (Reuters) – Around 1,000 tourists remain stranded in a remote holiday village after avalanches hit China’s northwestern Xinjiang region with metres-high snow and fickle weather impeding evacuation, state TV reported on Tuesday. Road access to Hemu village, a scenic destination near the borders of Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia where the tourists were trapped, has …

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By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) – The leader of Georgia’s ruling party began a six-day visit to China on Monday, as the European Union candidate member country seeks to deepen its relations with Beijing, Georgian media reported. Georgian media reported that Irakli Kobakhidze, the chairman of the governing Georgian Dream bloc, met the head of …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call on Monday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, discussing Ukraine and wishing each other well in upcoming elections, the Kremlin said. The two leaders “expressed interest in further intensifying mutually beneficial bilateral ties” and touched upon “the situation in Ukraine”, according to a statement …

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GENEVA (Reuters) – China and Switzerland signed a joint declaration on Monday agreeing to deepen their partnership after Premier Li Qiang met the Swiss President, the Swiss government said. Li, the most senior Chinese official to visit Switzerland since President Xi Jinping’s visit in 2017, met President Viola Amherd alongside a high-ranking Chinese delegation ahead …

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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday congratulated Taiwan’s new president-elect Lai Ching-te on his election victory. “On behalf of the Filipino people, I congratulate President-elect Lai Ching-te on his election as Taiwan’s next president,” Marcos posted on social media platform X. “We look forward to close collaboration, strengthening mutual interests, fostering …

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By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – China has called for an end to attacks on civilian vessels in the Red Sea that have dramatically widened the Hamas-Israel conflict and placed Beijing’s commercial interests along the Suez Canal at risk. The Iran-backed Houthi militia from Yemen that seeks “Death to Israel” is challenging the ability of …

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By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – North Korean hackers are sharing money-laundering and underground banking networks with fraudsters and drug traffickers in Southeast Asia, according to a United Nations report published on Monday, with casinos and crypto exchanges emerging as key venues for organised crime. The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said …

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