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Maldives opposition candidate Muizzu ahead in presidential race -local media

9 Sep 2023 9 Sep 2023

(Reuters) – Maldives opposition candidate Mohamed Muizzu has edged ahead in the results announced so far in the first round of the country’s presidential election race, local media reported on Saturday. Muizzu had received 46% of the votes counted to get ahead of his rival, the report said. The presidential election can run to two …

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Turkey’s Erdogan spoke with Japan’s Kishida to revive Black Sea grain deal-sources

9 Sep 2023 9 Sep 2023

By Shivangi Acharya and Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the G20 leaders’ summit in New Delhi on reviving the Black Sea grain deal, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Saturday. Russia quit the deal in July – …

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It is for China to explain Xi’s absence from G20 summit, US official says

9 Sep 2023 9 Sep 2023

By Nandita Bose NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Only China can explain the reason for the absence of President Xi Jinping from the annual G20 summit in New Delhi this weekend, a U.S. official said on Saturday. The summit had been seen as affording a venue for a possible meeting between Xi and U.S. President Joe …

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Factbox-What is the G20 and what are the key issues for the 2023 summit?

9 Sep 2023 9 Sep 2023

(Reuters) – Leaders of the world’s biggest economies begin a two-day G20 summit on Saturday in India’s capital of New Delhi. As India hosts such a powerful group of world leaders for the first time, New Delhi has been adorned with ornamental flowers and fountains at traffic roundabouts, with a fresh coat of paint for …

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G20 draft declaration leaves paragraph on Ukraine blank

8 Sep 2023 8 Sep 2023

By Shivangi Acharya, Sarita Chaganti Singh and Nikunj Ohri NEW DELHI (Reuters) – G20 negotiators were unable to resolve disagreements over the wording of the summit declaration on the war in Ukraine on Friday, according to a draft seen by Reuters, leaving any possible breakthrough to bloc leaders during the two-day meeting. The 38-page draft …

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Hong Kong, Shenzhen deluged by heaviest rain on record

8 Sep 2023 8 Sep 2023

By Tyrone Siu and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -The heaviest rain since records began 140 years ago drenched Asian financial hub Hong Kong on Friday, killing two people and injuring more than 140, state media reported, as unusually wet weather caused by typhoons brought more disruption to southern China. As of 8:15 pm (1215 …

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Venezuela’s Maduro seeks to renew Beijing ties amid China-West tensions

8 Sep 2023 8 Sep 2023

By Andrew Hayley, Vivian Sequera and Marianna Parraga BEIJING/CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro arrived in China on Friday, his first visit in five years, to renew engagement between the two countries as China’s ties sour with the West and the South American country seeks fresh financing. China, the world’s largest oil importer, is Venezuela’s …

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North Korea unveils first tactical, nuclear-armed submarine

8 Sep 2023 8 Sep 2023

By Josh Smith and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has launched its first operational “tactical nuclear attack submarine” and assigned it to the fleet that patrols the waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan, state media said on Friday. Submarine No. 841 – named Hero Kim Kun Ok after a North Korean historical figure …

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New submarines and nuclear drones: Why is North Korea developing its navy?

8 Sep 2023 8 Sep 2023

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -Over the past year North Korea has moved to boost its navy with new nuclear weapons, including an underwater drone, warships, and its first operational missile submarine, unveiled on Friday. North Korea’s navy has historically been dwarfed by the country’s land forces, and overshadowed by its rapidly advancing ballistic missile …

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Azerbaijan will allow aid into Karabakh from Armenia if aid from its side is let in, official says

8 Sep 2023 8 Sep 2023

By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) -Azerbaijan is ready to allow Red Cross aid from Armenia into the ethnic Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh enclave if Red Crescent aid from Azerbaijan is let in at the same time, Hikmet Hajiyev, foreign policy adviser to President Ilham Aliyev, told Reuters. Nagorno-Karabakh, internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but run by …

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