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(Reuters) – Myanmar’s military government will release 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, under an amnesty to mark the country’s independence day, state media reported on Thursday. The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military seized power in February 2021, reversing a decade-long democratic experiment, and used deadly force to crush protests. “With …

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TOKYO (Reuters) -Three men were injured on Wednesday in a stabbing incident and taken to hospital after a woman wielded a knife on a train at Akihabara Station in Tokyo, Japanese police said. The police received an emergency call at just before 11 p.m. local time (1400 GMT) saying the woman had inflicted injuries with …

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By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) – From the moment a Japan Airlines passenger jet collided with a smaller plane on a runway in Tokyo on Tuesday, it took crew 18 minutes to get all 367 travellers off the plane and safely accounted for. Reconstructing the scene based on crew accounts, officials at Japan’s second-biggest airline …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military will conduct routine patrols with its naval and air forces in the South China Sea from Wednesday to Thursday, the military’s Southern Theater Command said, as ongoing tensions simmer in the region over disputed territories. It said troops in the area will be on high alert at all times, and …

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By Ruma Paul and Sudipto Ganguly DHAKA (Reuters) – Troops deployed across Bangladesh on Wednesday amid fears of violence ahead of a national election which the main opposition party is boycotting. Soldiers travelled in armoured vehicles to temporary camps set up across the capital Dhaka to help the civil administration maintain peace and security. The …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China is willing to provide necessary help to Japan on the massive earthquake that struck the country on New Year’s Day, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday. There have been no Chinese casualties reported from the earthquake, ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a regular press briefing. Japanese authorities have confirmed …

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By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Sunny prides herself on being a law-abiding Singaporean citizen, but for the last three years, she’s been hiding a feline fugitive called Mooncake. The fluffy ragdoll lives with Sunny in defiance of a 34-year-old law banning cats in the government-built apartments that house the vast majority of Singaporeans. Luckily …

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