By Fayaz Bukhari and Shivam Patel SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – A lack of snowfall has led to empty ski resorts and holiday cancellations in the Indian Himalayas, with scientists linking the “unusual” winter to the El Nino weather phenomenon. The dry spell in Kashmir has pushed skiers to skip the popular resort of Gulmarg, one …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The party of Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, considered the front-runner to win upcoming general elections, launched its campaign on Monday amid accusations that the military’s support is already giving him an edge over rivals. The campaign for the Feb. 8 polls, delayed since November, looks set to …
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By Krishn Kaushik (Reuters) – The new Maldives president set a deadline on Sunday of March 15 for its giant neighbour India to withdraw all its troops from the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago nation. The deadline was set shortly after the Maldives president, Mohamed Muizzu, returned from a state visit to China. New Delhi has …
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By Ben Blanchard and Fabian Hamacher TAIPEI (Reuters) -The United States looks forward to continuity in the Taiwan-U.S. relationship under the new Taiwanese administration and the U.S. commitment to the island is “rock solid”, a former senior U.S. official told Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday. Lai Ching-te from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) …
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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines will develop islands in the South China Sea that it considers part of its territory to make them more habitable for troops, Manila’s military chief Romeo Brawner told reporters on Monday. The plans come amid heightened tensions between the Philippines and China, both of whom claim territory in the South …
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(Corrects spelling of Uyghur in paragraph 2) BEIJING (Reuters) -Some tourists stranded for several days after avalanches hit highways leading to a popular winter tourism area in China’s northwest region of Xinjiang were lifted by helicopter to safety, according to local media reports on Sunday. Days of heavy snow at Altay Prefecture in northwest China’s …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Monday it had tested a new solid-fuel hypersonic missile with intermediate range, amid an intensifying race for the next generation of long-range rockets that are difficult to detect and intercept. The United States, China, Russia and other countries have also been developing hypersonic weapons in …
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AGAM, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupted on Sunday, with ash rising 1,300 metres (4,300 feet) from the peak six weeks month after a fatal eruption, according to the country’s geological agency. The volcano in West Sumatra province erupted at least twice by 0337 GMT on Sunday, the agency said, urging the evacuation of …
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By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s foreign ministry and its embassies around the world condemned foreign governments that congratulated Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and its president-elect Lai Ching-te after an election on Saturday. After the DPP’s presidential candidate Lai won the vote, several ministers and politicians in countries that share warm, if in most …
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By Ju-min Park and Makiko Yamazaki SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired an apparent intermediate-range missile into the sea on Sunday, South Korea and Japan said, as tensions run high after Pyongyang’s recent launches of an intercontinental ballistic missile and its first military spy satellite. North Korea has stepped up pressure on Seoul in recent weeks, …
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