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Azerbaijan’s president says France will be to blame if new conflict starts with Armenia

8 Oct 2023 8 Oct 2023

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Azerbaijan’s president scolded the European Union and warned that France’s decision to send military aid to Armenia could trigger a new conflict in the South Caucasus after a lightening Azerbaijani military operation last month. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev last week pulled out of an EU-brokered meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at …

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Deadly Afghanistan earthquakes over the years

8 Oct 2023 8 Oct 2023

By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Powerful earthquakes in Afghanistan have killed more than 2,000 people and injured more than 9,000, the Taliban administration said on Sunday, in the deadliest tremors in years in the quake-prone country. Afghanistan, hemmed in by mountains, has a long history of strong earthquakes, many in the rugged Hindu …

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Israel expected ‘stronger condemnation’ of Hamas from China – Beijing embassy official

8 Oct 2023 8 Oct 2023

BEIJING (Reuters) – Israel expected to see a “stronger condemnation” of Hamas from China, a country it views as its friend, Yuval Waks, a senior official at the Israeli embassy in Beijing, said on Sunday. “When people are being murdered, slaughtered in the streets, this is not the time to call for a two-state solution,” …

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Thai mall shooting victim’s mother bids emotional farewell at cremation

8 Oct 2023 8 Oct 2023

NONTHABURI, Thailand (Reuters) – Among the hundreds mourning Moe Myint on Sunday was the mother of the Burmese victim of last week’s shooting rampage at a Bangkok mall, seeming dazed at the cremation ceremony on the outskirts of the Thai capital. Tears streaking her face, Khin Win was revived with smelling salts as she sat …

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Games-Asia council says North Korea flag dispute with WADA is unresolved

8 Oct 2023 8 Oct 2023

By Martin Quin Pollard HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said on Sunday it was trying to resolve the “sensitive issue” of its decision to allow North Korea to fly its flag at the Hangzhou Asian Games despite it being banned over non-compliance with global anti-doping rules. The World Anti-Doping Agency …

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Japan plans to hold ASEAN, Australia summit on decarbonisation in Dec -Kyodo

8 Oct 2023 8 Oct 2023

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is arranging to hold the first summit meeting on a zero carbon emission framework with Australia and Southeast Asian nations in Tokyo in December, the Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing several government sources. Leaders from Japan, Australia and nine countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will …

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Two killed by avalanches on Tibet’s Shishapangma as 50 were climbing

8 Oct 2023 8 Oct 2023

BEIJING (Reuters) -Avalanches have struck high on the slopes of the Tibetan mountain Shishapangma as more than 50 climbers were making a push for the summit, killing an American and Nepalese mountaineer, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Shishapangma, at just over 8,000 metres (26,247 feet), is the world’s 14th tallest peak. It is widely …

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Multiple quakes kill at least 16 in western Afghanistan

7 Oct 2023 7 Oct 2023

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) -Multiple earthquakes struck western Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 16 people and injuring scores, a health department official said. The quakes hit 35 km (20 miles) northwest of the city of Herat, with one measuring 6.3 magnitude, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The tremors caused panic in …

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Haze hits Singapore as hot spots in Indonesia’s Sumatra increase

7 Oct 2023 7 Oct 2023

By Chen Lin SINGAPORE/JAKARTA (Reuters) -Singapore’s air quality fell into the unhealthy range on Saturday, official readings showed, as increased forest fires from neighbouring Indonesia brought haze to the city-state. At 2 p.m. (0600 GMT), the 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index readings in the eastern and central part of Singapore was above 100, levels at which …

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Visiting China, Schumer urges fair treatment of US firms

7 Oct 2023 7 Oct 2023

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Saturday Washington did not seek to decouple from China, but wanted reciprocal and fair treatment for U.S. companies, as he kicked off a rare trip to the world’s second-largest economy. Schumer, who made the remarks at a meeting with Chen Jining, …

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