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By Saleem Ahmed QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan on Monday opened three new border crossings to accelerate the repatriation of undocumented Afghan nationals who have been ordered to leave the country or face expulsion, officials said. Many Afghans have opted to go home voluntarily to avoid deportation under a government push for undocumented migrants to …

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By Kirsty Needham and Martin Quin Pollard SYDNEY/BEIJING (Reuters) – Australia scored a significant win for influence in the Pacific Islands region with a trump card that China, seeking to expand security ties, doesn’t have: the opportunity of resettlement. Under a security guarantee to the remote atoll nation of Tuvalu, which is threatened by rising …

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TOKYO (Reuters) -A Japanese deputy finance minister stepped down on Monday over revelations that he had been delinquent on tax payments, another blow to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida whose public support is languishing in the polls. Kenji Kanda, state minister of finance in charge of government bonds and monetary policy, told reporters he had resigned …

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By Phil Stewart and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and the United States on Monday revised a bilateral security agreement aimed at deterring North Korea’s advancing nuclear and missile threats, and vowed to maintain pressure on Pyongyang despite global distractions. South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won-sik and his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd Austin, signed the …

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By Phil Stewart and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and the United States on Monday revised a bilateral security agreement aimed at deterring North Korea’s advancing nuclear and missile threats, and vowed to maintain pressure on Pyongyang despite global distractions. South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won-sik and his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd Austin, signed the …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has opened up a wide lead over his closest rival in a new opinion poll, despite controversy over his decision to pick the outgoing leader Joko Widodo’s son as his running mate. An Oct. 27- Nov 1 survey of 1,220 people released on Sunday by Indikator Politik …

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