BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the United States should have an objective understanding of each other’s strategic intention and take the correct view of competitive factors in future exchanges, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday. Wang Wenbin, a ministry spokesperson, was speaking at a regular press briefing when asked about China’s top diplomat Wang Yi …
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s two main opposition parties said on Monday they will team up for parliamentary elections in January in a bid to win more seats but said more discussions are needed on a joint ticket for a presidential vote. Vice President William Lai, the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), …
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ALMATY (Reuters) -The death toll from a fire at a coal mine in Kazakhstan owned by ArcelorMittal rose to 45 on Sunday, with emergency teams engaged in an operation to find one remaining miner believed to have been underground, emergency service officials were quoted as saying. On Saturday, operator ArcelorMittal Temirtau, the local unit of …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will feel the absence of Lahiru Kumara in the rest of the World Cup after the seamer was ruled out with a thigh injury but the 1996 champions can bank on Dushmantha Chameera to fire, assistant coach Naveed Nawaz said on Sunday. Kumara played a key role in Sri Lanka’s …
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DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh police said on Sunday they arrested two opposition activists over the death of a policeman in violent protests demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The officer was beaten and bludgeoned to death on Saturday by a mob, photos and videos showed, as tens of thousands joined demonstrations in the …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Maldives will work to return Indian military personnel from its shores “as soon as possible,” President-elect Mohamed Muizzu told Reuters on Sunday, insisting it was the top foreign policy priority for the tiny Indian Ocean island chain. Muizzu won Maldives’ presidential election last month, beating incumbent President Ibrahim Solih in …
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By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -Runners undeterred by thick smog engulfing the Chinese capital ran the Beijing Marathon maskless on Sunday, many wearing shorts in one of the warmest Octobers on record. Despite a greyish brown smog settling, some 30,000 marathoners set off at 7:30 a.m. (2330 GMT) from Tiananmen Square on the route through …
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By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) -Beijing Xiangshan Forum, China’s biggest annual show of military diplomacy, started on Sunday, although the Asian power is still missing a defence minister, who typically hosts this event. China hopes to use the forum to promote President Xi Jinping’s vision for a safer world and draw developing countries closer, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese communist party delegation has visited the Solomon Islands, calling the “flourishing” cooperation between China and the Pacific nation a show of how diplomatic ties were in their peoples’ interest, Chinese state media said on Sunday. The delegation led by the deputy head of the international department under China’s Communist Party …
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ALMATY (Reuters) -At least 32 people have died and 14 remain missing after a mine fire in Kazakhstan, the Ministry for Emergency Situations said on Saturday. Operator ArcelorMittal Temirtau, the local unit of Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal, said 206 of 252 people at the Kostenko mine had been evacuated after what appeared to be a methane …
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