DUBAI (Reuters) – A draft text published on Sunday proposed that next year’s COP29 climate summit be hosted by Azerbaijan between Nov. 11 and Nov. 22. The text will need to be adopted by the summit before it becomes official, but is in line with expectations after Azerbaijan won backing from other Eastern European nations …
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BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – China and Japan accused each other of maritime incursions after a confrontation between their coast guards in waters around disputed islands in the East China Sea. China’s coast guard said on Sunday that a Japanese fishing boat and several patrol vessels intruded the previous day into waters around the tiny islands, called …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Dilapidated boats carrying an estimated 400 ethnic Rohingya arrived in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Sunday, chief of a provincial fishing community has confirmed, adding to a recent surge of Myanmar’s Muslim minority arriving in the country. Prior to Sunday’s arrivals, the United Nations’ refugee agency (UNHCR) said that 1,200 Rohingya people, a …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – A North Korean senior official criticised the United States for blocking a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, claiming the veto showed Washington’s “double standards”, North Korean state media KCNA said on Sunday. The United States vetoed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to make changes to his cabinet and his party executive following media reports that lawmakers received undeclared political funds, the Asahi newspaper reported on Sunday, citing government and party sources. No one was immediately available at the prime minister’s office to comment on reports published early on …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to replace Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura and ruling party policy chief Koichi Hagiuda amid a political funding scandal, the Asahi newspaper reported on Sunday, citing several government sources. The top government spokesperson is also to be replaced, it said. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party faces mounting …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – China’s top climate envoy Xie Zhenhua on Staurday said there was little chance the COP28 climate summit would be called a success if nations could not agree to language on the future of fossil fuels. Asked if China supported a fossil fuel “phase out” he referred to the terms used in the …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka is experiencing a countrywide power outage due to a system failure, a government official said on Saturday. Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), the country’s power monopoly, is working to restore power, CEB spokesperson Noel Priyantha said. (Writing by Nidhi Verma; Editing by Mark Potter)
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines condemned China’s “illegal and aggressive actions” in the South China Sea on Saturday, saying its coast guard had fired water cannon at a Philippine fisheries bureau vessel conducting a regular resupply mission. The Philippine task force for the South China Sea, an inter-agency government body, called for …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – At least six people were killed and three injured after a steel shed collapse at a building materials plant in southwestern China’s Guizhou province on Saturday, state media CCTV reported. Construction was going on when the collapse happened at noon in Xishui county, Guizhou province, CCTV said, adding an investigation was underway. …
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