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By Yew Lun Tian, Laurie Chen and Michael Martina BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With anger building across the Middle East over Israel’s strikes in Gaza, China and Russia are finding common cause with countries across the region in support of the Palestinians. For Moscow and Beijing, Israel’s bombardment of Gaza following the Hamas attacks that killed …

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By Liz Lee and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s special Mideast envoy pinned the cause of the Israel-Gaza crisis on the lack of guarantees for Palestinian rights as he met with his Russian counterpart in Qatar, a go-between in the conflict. In the first leg of his tour in the region, China’s envoy for Middle …

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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his resolve to fulfil agreements made at his summit last month with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he met visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, state media KCNA reported on Friday. Kim took a rare trip to Russia last month during which he …

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By Phil Stewart (Reuters) -The U.S. Army has charged Private Travis King with crimes ranging from desertion for running into North Korea in July to assault against fellow soldiers and solicitation of child pornography, according to documents obtained by Reuters. The Army’s case against King, which has not been previously reported, includes eight distinct charges …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Vietnam’s second-highest ranking official on Friday that both countries must not forget the “original intention” of their traditional friendship. China and the United States have been jostling for influence among Southeast Asian nations including Vietnam, which in September elevated its ties with Washington to a comprehensive strategic partnership, …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – A U.S. Pentagon report saying China will probably have more than 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030 was filled with prejudice and distorts facts, and China had no intention of engaging in a nuclear arms race, its foreign ministry said on Friday. “First of all, the United States report, like similar reports before …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – Over 1,000 Chinese nationals have left Israel amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday. According to preliminary statistics, the Chinese nationals who have left have either returned to China or gone to a third country, ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press briefing. Mao said 280 Chinese …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Premier Li Qiang will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Heads of Government Council Meeting in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, on Oct 24-27, China’s foreign ministry said on Friday. A Eurasian security and political group formed in 2001 by Beijing and Moscow, SCO includes India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan …

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By Nathan Frandino and Steve Gorman OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – A Chinese citizen who crashed his car into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on Oct. 9 appeared to slash at a policeman with a knife as they scuffled before the officer shot him dead, newly released video of the confrontation showed on Thursday. In …

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