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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday opposed a government decision to restart peace negotiations with communist rebels, describing the move as an “agreement with the devil” in a rare rebuke to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The government and the communist rebels agreed last week to restart talks after a six-year hiatus, …

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KAMPONG PHLUK, Cambodia (Reuters) – Fisherman Siem Huat has seen fish stocks dwindle in recent years in Cambodia’s majestic Tonle Sap Lake, and with them, his family’s sole source of income. Experts say extreme weather brought by climate change, ecological disruption from dam-building, wetland conversions, and overfishing threaten food supplies and livelihoods for the millions …

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By Joe Cash and Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko met China’s leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday for the second time this year, with the diplomatically isolated leader talking up his country’s economic ties to the Asian giant amid biting Western sanctions. The close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin is …

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By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -A “massive” manhunt is underway for the attackers who bombed a Catholic Mass that killed four people in the southern Philippines, a senior military officer said on Monday, vowing to do everything possible to bring the perpetrators to justice. Police are looking into at least two …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – The China-EU summit will be held on Thursday in Beijing, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday, where leaders of both sides will discuss strategic and global economic issues of common interest. “China and Europe are partners, not rivals … our common interests far outweigh our differences,” foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said …

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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for efforts to tackle the isolated country’s falling birth rates, describing the challenge as “everyone’s housekeeping”, state media KCNA reported on Monday. Kim made the comments during an event for mothers in Pyongyang on Sunday. “Preventing a decline in birth rates …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Marapi volcano in West Sumatra province erupted on Sunday, spewing volcanic ash as high as 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) into the air, according to country’s disaster management agency BNPB. The 2,891 metre high volcano erupted at 2.54 p.m. local time (0754 GMT), and volcanic ash was dispersed at high intensity to …

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