By Hugh Lawson LONDON (Reuters) -London bids a fond farewell to Japan’s finest sumo wrestlers on Sunday at the end of their packed-out, five-day Grand Sumo Tournament, the ancient sport’s first foray abroad in 34 years and only its second ever. The outsized and brightly dressed wrestlers have become something of a social media phenomenon …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD/KABUL (Reuters) -Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to an immediate ceasefire during talks in Doha, both sides said on Sunday, after a week of fierce border clashes, the worst violence between the South Asian neighbours since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in 2021. The ceasefire “has been finalised”, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea by crossing the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone between the two countries on Sunday, the South’s military said in a statement. The soldier was taken into custody by South Korean guards who had been monitoring his movements, the military said, saying he would face an investigation …
CAIRO (Reuters) -Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire during talks mediated by Qatar and Turkey in Doha, Qatar’s foreign ministry announced early Sunday on X. (Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din)
(Reuters) -Afghanistan have withdrawn from their Twenty20 international tri-series in Pakistan next month following the death of three local cricketers that the Afghanistan Cricket Board said were due to military strikes in Paktika province. Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka were due to meet in the tournament scheduled to take place in Rawalpindi and Lahore from …
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By Ruma Paul and Harshita Meenaktshi (Reuters) -Flights have resumed at Bangladesh’s main airport in Dhaka, airport officials said, six hours after a fire in the cargo section delayed flights and halted operations on Saturday. The first flight departed at 9.06 p.m. (1506 GMT), officials told reporters. The fire has been completely brought under control, …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang, elected a firebrand new leader on Saturday who opposes increased defence spending but pledged to ensure peace with giant neighbour China. Former lawmaker Cheng Li-wun, who will take over as leader on November 1, won the election at a time of rising military and political tensions with …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Chen Ning Yang, one of the world’s most renowned physicists and a Nobel Prize winner, died at 103 of illness in Beijing on October 18, state news outlet Xinhua said on Saturday. Born in Hefei in Anhui province in eastern China in 1922, Yang shared a Nobel Prize for physics with Tsung-Dao Lee …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -A group of 64 South Koreans detained in Cambodia over alleged online scam operations returned home on Saturday with most expected to face investigation, South Korean authorities said. Their return followed the alleged murder of a South Korean college student who was tortured in Cambodia in August in a case linked to an …
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By Hyunjoo Jin and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -China’s sanctions on U.S.-linked units of shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean threaten to impact ambitious plans for shipbuilding cooperation between Seoul and Washington by disrupting supplies of Chinese equipment and materials, officials in Seoul said on Friday. Beijing announced the sanctions on Tuesday as the U.S. and China began …
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