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LONDON (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for talks on Wednesday and signed an agreement stepping up cooperation in defence, security and technology. Yoon, on a state visit to London, and Sunak signed a Downing Street Accord which will also involve them working together on enforcing U.N. sanctions …

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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The U.N. refugee agency on Wednesday urged Pakistan to halt deportation of undocumented Afghan refugees during the harsh winter season, as police continued to search homes and expel Afghanis who had not already left. Islamabad last month announced it would expel over a million undocumented refugees, mostly Afghans, amid …

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By Joe Cash and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China and Uruguay upgraded their bilateral ties on Wednesday, setting the stage for further trade and investment and elevating the ambitious South American country’s relations with Beijing to those of fellow Mercosur members Brazil and Argentina. Uruguay is seeking to strike deals abroad that it hopes will …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -The junior coalition partner of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has sent a delegation to Beijing to meet with China’s top leadership team as Asia’s two largest economies seek to improve strained ties. A Komeito party delegation led by the leader of the party Natsuo Yamaguchi on Wednesday met with Cai Qi, …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – The head of China’s civil aviation regulator, Song Zhiyong, met with the U.S. Ambassador in Beijing Nicholas Burns, and exchanged views on pushing for a substantial increase in flights between the two countries, the regulator said on Wednesday. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) welcomes U.S. aviation-related enterprises to operate and …

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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan again reported Chinese military activity around the island on Wednesday, with 11 aircraft crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait as the island’s election campaign kicked into high gear. Democratically-governed Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained for the past four years of regular Chinese military …

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