HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong authorities on Thursday ordered the culling of around 5,600 pigs in a herd after the African swine fever (ASF) virus was discovered at a local pig farm. The licensed pig farm at Lau Fau Shan, rural Yuen Long area near the mainland China border, had tested positive for the …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China expressed strong dissatisfaction with China-related comments made by G7 foreign ministers and urged the bloc to stop inciting confrontation, its embassy in Japan said in a statement on Thursday. A two-day G7 foreign minister meeting held in Tokyo ended on Wednesday and mainly called for humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas war …
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina could see a resetting of some global ties depending on the result of its run-off presidential election later this month – although the value of trade with partners like China and Brazil may outweigh any short-term political posturing. While Economy Minister Sergio Massa, a pragmatist in the …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will work with Toyota Motor Corp in developing the country’s electric vehicle (EV) industry, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said after a meeting with the automakers’ executives. “Toyota said it sees the potential of Thailand’s auto manufacturing industry especially in pick-up trucks and eco-cars,” the government said in a statement on Thursday. …
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(Reuters) – The president of military-ruled Myanmar has said the country is at risk of breaking apart due to ineffective management of recent violence in its border regions with China. The Myanmar junta is facing the biggest challenge to its authority since it seized power in a 2021 coup, with a surge in attacks by …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – Hundreds of garment workers in Bangladesh clashed with police for a second day on Thursday as they protested against a government-mandated pay rise, forcing the closure of nearly 40 factories in the world’s second-largest clothing exporter. Witnesses said the protesters, who want twice the increase offered by the government, …
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By Soo-hyang Choi and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday he shared South Korean concerns about growing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, which he called a “two-way street” involving arms flows and technical support. Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin also said they discussed …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s leader Joko Widodo said on Thursday he would convey to United States President Joe Biden in their meeting on Monday that the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas should be stopped. Jokowi, as the leader of the world’s largest Muslim-majority country is popularly known, is set to fly to Riyadh for …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said on Thursday his voyage around the moon with Elon Musk’s SpaceX had been delayed to 2024 or later. “We were planning for our lunar orbital mission ‘dearMoon’ to take place in 2023, but seems like it will take a little longer,” Maezawa said in a message on …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan said on Wednesday that its move to expel hundreds of thousands of undocumented Afghans was a response to the unwillingness of the Taliban-led administration to act against militants using Afghanistan to carry out attacks in Pakistan. Last month, Pakistan set a Nov. 1 start date for the expulsion of all undocumented immigrants, …
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