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US to send high-level delegation to Australia on AUKUS mission

6 Nov 2023

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is sending a high level delegation to Australia for a series of meetings this week to review the progress of the trilateral AUKUS defense technology partnership, a U.S. official said on Monday. AUKUS provides for the sale of U.S. nuclear-powered submarines and sharing of nuclear-propulsion technology …

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Poll makes better reading for Biden than China’s Xi before expected summit

6 Nov 2023

By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ahead of an expected meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping next week, a U.S. think tank says data it has collected from two dozen countries shows the American leader is winning the battle for public opinion. The Pew Research Center says it surveyed 30,861 …

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Putin says some Western weapons for Ukraine are ending up in the Taliban’s hands

6 Nov 2023

(This Nov. 3 story has been corrected to say ‘weapons,’ not ‘advanced weapons,’ in paragraph 5) MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that some Western weapons supplied to Ukraine were finding their way to the Middle East through the illegal arms market and being sold to the Taliban. “Now they say: …

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China, Australia agree to turn the page as tensions ease

6 Nov 2023

By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -President Xi Jinping said on Monday stable ties between China and Australia served each other’s interests and both should expand their cooperation, sending a clear signal that Beijing was ready to move on from recent tensions. China and Australia should promote the development of their strategic partnership as they build …

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Blizzards in China’s northeast ground flights, force school closures

6 Nov 2023

By Bernard Orr and Ella Cao BEIJING (Reuters) -Unseasonably cold weather and blizzards hit northeast China on Monday, forcing hundreds of flights to be rescheduled and closing schools as several cities issued heightened weather alerts and warned people to stay indoors. With snowfall of as much as 25 centimetres, over 90% of expressway entrances in …

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Indonesia presidential contender Ganjar takes slim lead in new poll

6 Nov 2023

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian presidential hopeful Ganjar Pranowo led an opinion poll on Monday for the first time since election season formally got underway last month, nudging ahead of close rival and defence minister Prabowo Subianto. The Oct. 26-31 survey by Charta Politika showed 36.8% of the 2,400 respondents backed the ruling party’s Ganjar while …

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Temblors rattle Nepal days after deadly earthquake; 3 hurt

6 Nov 2023

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Nepal on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said, followed by another slightly weaker temblor, injuring three people, just days after 153 perished in the country’s worst quake since 2015. Jajarkot police official Satosh Rokka said at least three people sustained minor injuries on Monday, …

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Australia’s PM Albanese says important to have communication with China

6 Nov 2023

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday that Australia has an interest in the continued stable growth of China’s economy and its ongoing engagement with the world. In opening remarks as the two leaders met at the Great Hall of the People, Albanese said a …

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Philippines hopes to seal troops pact with Japan soon

6 Nov 2023

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines hopes to ink a reciprocal troops access deal with Japan at “the soonest possible time,” Manila’s Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Monday. The Philippines and Japan have agreed to start negotiationson a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) that would allow both countries to deploy their forces on each other’s soil. …

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South Korea police question K-Pop star over alleged drug use

6 Nov 2023

By Dogyun Kim and Jimin Jung INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) -The former front man for the K-pop band BIGBANG, known as G-Dragon, appeared at a police station for questioning on Monday over allegations of illegal drug use, the latest in a string of South Korean artists embroiled in high-profile narcotics cases. The investigation against the …

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