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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s narcotics control agency has warned against the manufacture and sale of substances that can be used to make illegal drugs, a day after President Xi Jinping said China would stem the export of items used to make the opioid fentanyl. In a circular issued on Thursday, the office of the China …

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(Reuters) – Myanmar’s military has launched attacks from the air and the sea to recapture a port town on the Bay of Bengal, an opposition alliance said on Friday, as junta forces face the fiercest offensive from their enemies in years. The military, which seized power from an elected government in a 2021 coup, is …

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By Chanchinmawia ZOKHAWTHAR, India (Reuters) – In the pre-dawn darkness on Monday, a 22-year-old Myanmar rebel fighter approached a hill-top military camp in remote Chin State with dozens of comrades for an assault that opened up another front in a mounting nationwide offensive against the junta. “We cut the fencing wire,” said Suan, who gave …

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(Reuters) – Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday in San Francisco that he had been invited by U.S. President Joe Biden for a formal state visit to Washington, the first for a Japanese premier in several years. During his tenure, Biden has largely reserved the ceremonial events, which can span days and involve …

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By Liz Lee and Kirsty Needham BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) -China said it hopes Fiji will continue to give ‘firm’ support to it on issues concerning Beijing’s core interests and major concerns, state media cited President Xi Jinping as saying to Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. Rabuka, who became the first new prime minister in Fiji in …

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HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has been ramping up its dredging and landfill work in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, creating another 330 acres of land since December last year, a U.S. think tank said in a report. The expansion, much larger than 120 acres it had created between 2012 and 2022, made …

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(Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida promised to push for deeper cooperation as they met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday. “This year bilateral cooperation is deepening with the reactivation of exchanges at each …

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico and China have committed to maintain a mutually beneficial relationship, Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday after a meeting with his Chinese counterpart. The two met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco. China and Mexico’s relationship has strengthened with time, Chinese …

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