TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan issued an advisory for a tsunami of 1 metre for the islands off of Izu peninsula on the eastern coast of the country. The warning followed an earthquake that had a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 that struck at 11 a.m. near Torishima island, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The epicentre …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s threat to forcibly expel illegal Afghan immigrants is “unacceptable”, a spokesman for the Taliban administration in Kabul said on Wednesday, adding that Afghans were not to blame for Pakistan’s security problems. Estimating that there were 1.73 million Afghan immigrants living in Pakistan without legal status, Pakistan’s caretaker government on …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Rescue workers in Nepal dug with shovels and their bare hands on Wednesday as they searched for a woman killed the previous day when she was swept away by a landslide triggered by an earthquake, police said. Two quakes, of magnitude 6.3 and 5.3, struck about half an hour …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will fly to Spain for talks with the European Union on Thursday despite reports that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has pulled out of the same event, Armenia’s government reported on Wednesday. Azerbaijani state media said earlier on Wednesday that Aliyev had decided against attending the EU-brokered event …
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By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) – Italian police arrested 33 people on Wednesday in a new crackdown on a network of Chinese money brokers who allegedly laundered over 50 million euro ($52.5 million) from drug trafficking groups, including the ‘Ndrangheta mafia. Guardia di Finanza police colonel Francesco Ruis told Reuters a distinctive aspect of the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday that Japan had failed to provide full information on the radioactive water being discharged from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, despite repeated requests from both Moscow and Beijing. Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean in August, and was heavily criticised by China, …
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By Panarat Thepgumpanat, Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -Authorities in Thailand charged a 14-year-old boy with premeditated murder and illegal possession of a firearm on Wednesday after a shooting spree at a Bangkok mall using what police said was a modified pistol intended to fire blanks. Two people were killed and five wounded in the shooting …
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By Fabian Hamacher and Carlos Garcia TAITUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) -Typhoon Koinu headed towards southern Taiwan on Wednesday bringing heavy rain and winds and causing the cancellation of more than 100 flights as well as the suspension of work and schools. Koinu is expected to make landfall on Taiwan’s southeastern coast near the city of Taitung …
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By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand will close legal loopholes relating to firearm classification and online sales in its gun control efforts, its police chief said on Wednesday, a day after a teenager was arrested following a deadly shooting at a mall that left two people dead. The gun used by the …
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By Kate Lamb and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) -Human rights groups on Tuesday urged Indonesia to investigate suspected arms sales by state-owned companies to Myanmar, where Indonesia has been trying to promote reconciliation since a 2021 military coup triggered widespread conflict. Groups filed a complaint with Indonesia’s national human rights commission on Monday alleging that …
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