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BEIJING (Reuters) – China launched its first high-speed rail line that will travel across several bays and skim along the coast of the southeastern province of Fujian near the Taiwan Strait, state media reported on Thursday. A bullet train departed from Fuzhou, the capital of east China’s Fujian province Thursday morning, setting up the opening …

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HANOI (Reuters) – Heavy rain from a tropical depression hit northern and north-central Vietnam, causing flooding that halted traffic in the capital Hanoi and sparked warnings of landslides on Thursday. Some Hanoi districts recorded up to 250 mm (10 inches) of rain on Thursday morning, according to the national weather centre. The premier’s office directed …

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By Mushtaq Ali PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – In a small workshop in the bustling northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, a dozen Afghan women sit watching a teacher show them how to make clothes on a sewing machine. The skills centre was set up last year by Peshawar resident Mahra Basheer, 37, after seeing the steady …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ambassador to the United States said the Biden administration could help restore fraught relations by starting with “practical” steps, such as renewing a decades-old pact on science and technology. Beijing and Washington have gradually resumed dialogue in recent months despite continued tension between the world’s two largest economies over issues ranging …

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By Felix Light GORIS, Armenia (Reuters) – More than half the 120,000 ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh have left in less than four days after Azerbaijan seized control of the mountain enclave where they had managed to defend their autonomy for three decades. Azerbaijan’s lightning military operation triggered an exodus unparalleled in the South Caucasus since …

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By Phil Stewart, Trevor Hunnicutt and Hyonhee Shin WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) -Private Travis King, the U.S. soldier who ran into North Korea in July, is in U.S. custody and heading home after being expelled by North Korea into China, the United States said on Wednesday. While details about the diplomacy that led to King’s transfer remained …

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(Reuters) – Private Travis King, the U.S. soldier who ran into North Korea in July, is in U.S. custody after North Korea expelled him into China, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, following rare diplomatic cooperation between the U.S., North Korea and China. U.S. soldiers stationed in South Korea rarely try to desert or defect to …

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