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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Bhutan’s king appointed a nine-member interim government on Wednesday to oversee the Himalayan nation’s parliamentary election, to be held within three months, a palace statement said. The free vote will be the fourth to be held since democracy was established in 2008 in Bhutan, a country of fewer than …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have detained a worker from major beer maker Tsingtao Brewery who was filmed urinating in a malt container, a week after the incident went viral on social media and hit the company’s shares. The incident took place on Oct. 19 at a Tsingtao factory in Pingdu, a city in the …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s capital Beijing sweltered under abnormally warm weather in October, the second-hottest for the month in over 60 years, as autumn turned to early summer amid weak seasonal winds from the north. RECORD TEMPERATURES In October, the Beijing Observatory recorded an average 15.6 degrees Celsius (61.7 Fahrenheit), according to the official Beijing …

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ASTANA (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Kazakhstan on Wednesday on the first leg of a trip to Central Asia, a region long regarded as Russia’s backyard which has drawn fresh Western attention since the war in Ukraine began. Oil-rich Kazakhstan has already emerged as a replacement supplier of crude to European nations turning …

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By Muyu Xu and David Stanway (Reuters) – China’s veteran climate change envoy, Xie Zhenhua, is set to retire in December at the end of this year’s COP28 climate talks in Dubai, a government official familiar with the situation confirmed on Wednesday. Xie, who turns 74 this month, will be replaced by Liu Zhenmin, a …

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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea is in the final stages of preparations for the launch of a spy satellite and the chances of the third attempt succeeding are high, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday, citing South Korea’s intelligence service. North Korea has also sent more than 10 shipments of munitions to Russia for use …

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By Ruma Paul and Krishna N. Das DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh’s main opposition party will boycott the next general election if Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina does not make way for a neutral government to conduct the poll, two party leaders said, amid a crackdown on opposition politicians and deadly protests. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), whose …

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SEOUL (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit South Korea on Nov. 8 and 9 to discuss North Korea and alliance issues with Foreign Minister Park Jin, South Korea’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Park and Blinken will also discuss economic security, cooperation on industrial technology and regional issues of mutual interest, the …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian President Joko Widodo broke ground on Wednesday for construction of several projects ranging from an airport, toll-road and hospital to a hotel in a planned new capital city, Nusantara. Widodo’s $32-billion flagship project to move the seat of government out of the congested city of Jakarta has struggled to attract private investment, …

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