By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -A Pakistani court on Wednesday extended the jail custody of former Prime Minister Imran Khan for 14 days to investigate him on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer said, a day after another court suspended his prison sentence for graft. The special court held the proceedings at Attock Jail, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will wrap up a four-day visit to China on Wednesday with remarks at a conference for women executives, making her the second senior female Biden administration official to reach out to professional women during their travel to China. THE TAKE: Raimondo’s meeting with Chinese women executives in …
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By David Shepardson SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo visited Shanghai Disneyland and a Boeing facility in China Wednesday, touting two prominent American exports as she wrapped up a trip aimed at boosting Chinese-U.S. business ties. After a four-day visit largely filled with long sessions in rooms with Chinese government officials, Raimondo got …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday that a referendum on whether to recognise Indigenous people in the country’s constitution for the first time will be held on October 14. (Reporting by Praveen Menon in Sydney; Editing by Alasdair Pal)
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.S. and South Korean militaries want to more closely integrate their systems for tracking North Korean missile launches, an effort that may soon see more cooperation with Japan as well, U.S. Space Force officials said on Wednesday. Led by a small contingent of U.S. Space Force personnel – …
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(Reuters) – Facebook’s parent Meta Platforms has rejected a recommendation from its oversight board that it suspend the account of Cambodia’s former Prime Minister Hun Sen over allegations he used it to threaten opponents. Meta on Monday said it had determined that “suspending accounts outside our regular enforcement framework would not be consistent with our …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have detained five people on suspicion of falsely understating the number of deaths from a flash flood at a construction site in Sichuan province, state media reported on Wednesday. After an investigation, local government officials said four people had been killed, 48 were missing and 149 had escaped the flood …
KARACHI (Reuters) – An adult lion escaped from a private vehicle amidst heavy traffic in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday, causing panic for two hours before it was recaptured, police said. The lion was being transported by its owner when it escaped on the main road of the bustling port city during …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Vietnam next month to meet with top officials on issues ranging from technology and the economy to regional stability and climate change, as Washington eyes closer ties in a region where China looms large. Biden will meet with Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and other …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Rising air pollution can cut life expectancy by more than five years per person in South Asia, one of the world’s most polluted regions, according to a report published on Tuesday which flagged the growing burden of hazardous air on health. The region, which includes the world’s most polluted countries of …
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