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Pakistan probes distributors of Roche cancer drug after patients go blind

25 Sep 2023 25 Sep 2023

By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan said on Monday it was investigating two local distributors of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche’s Avastin cancer drug after 12 diabetic patients injected with the drug went blind. The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) said the health authorities in Punjab, the most populous province, had launched the investigation …

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Exclusive-U.S. exploring potential space force hotline with China, U.S. commander says

25 Sep 2023 25 Sep 2023

By Sakura Murakami and Nobuhiro Kubo TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States Space Force has had internal discussions about setting up a hotline with China to prevent crises in space, U.S. commander General Chance Saltzman told Reuters on Monday. The chief of space operations said a direct line of communication between the Space Force and …

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Philippines removes Chinese barrier at disputed shoal in ‘special operation’

25 Sep 2023 25 Sep 2023

By Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines said on Monday it executed a “special operation” to remove a floating barrier installed by China at a prime fishing patch in the South China Sea, a move that could stoke tension after a years-long detente in Asia’s most disputed waters. The Philippines expressed outrage on Sunday …

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US hits Chinese, Russian firms over Moscow military aid

25 Sep 2023 25 Sep 2023

By David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday imposed new trade restrictions on 11 Chinese and five Russian companies, accusing some of supplying components to make drones for Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. The Commerce Department, which oversees export policy, added a total of 28 firms, including …

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Games-India win their first golds, North Koreans snub South on podium

25 Sep 2023 25 Sep 2023

By Martin Quin Pollard and Ian Ransom HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) -India won their first golds and North Koreans stirred up drama by snubbing their South Korean rivals on the podium on day two of the Hangzhou Asian Games on Monday. Some 12,400 athletes from 45 nations are competing for 481 gold medals in 40 sports …

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Exclusive-Senior US officials traveling to Armenia as Karabakh’s Armenians start to leave

25 Sep 2023 25 Sep 2023

By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior Biden administration officials were to arrive in Armenia on Monday, a U.S. official told Reuters, after ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh began a mass exodus on Sunday following Azerbaijan’s defeat of the breakaway region’s fighters in a conflict dating from the Soviet era. The visit by U.S. Agency for …

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UN worried about Vietnam arrest of energy expert after Biden’s visit

25 Sep 2023 25 Sep 2023

By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights office has expressed concern about the arrest of a Vietnamese green energy expert, who had collaborated with U.N. and U.S. agencies, just days after President Joe Biden signed business and human rights deals with Hanoi on a visit. Hanoi police on Sept. 15 detained Ngo …

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China says it took ‘necessary measures’ to drive away Philippine vessel in South China Sea

25 Sep 2023 25 Sep 2023

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s coast guard took necessary measures in accordance with law to block and drive away a Philippine vessel in a disputed area of the South China Sea, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the comments after the Philippines on Sunday accused China of installing a “floating barrier” …

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Sixteen killed in accident at state-owned coal mine in China’s Guizhou province

25 Sep 2023 25 Sep 2023

BEIJING (Reuters) -Sixteen people were killed in a coal mine accident in Panzhou city in southwestern China’s Guizhou province on Sunday, according to a filing by the mine’s owner, Guizhou Panjiang Refined Coal Co , with the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Monday. Rescue operations at the mine are under way, and a team has been …

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Karabakh’s Armenians start to leave en masse for Armenia

24 Sep 2023 24 Sep 2023

STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan (Reuters) -Ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh began a mass exodus by car on Sunday towards Armenia after Azerbaijan defeated the breakaway region’s fighters in a conflict dating from the Soviet era. The Nagorno-Karabakh leadership told Reuters the region’s 120,000 Armenians did not want to live as part of Azerbaijan for fear of persecution and …

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