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By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s majority opposition party and civic groups around the country stepped up protests on Wednesday against Japan’s plan to release water from the Fukushima nuclear plant a day ahead of the planned start of the discharge. Conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol’s government has come under criticism as it …

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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Srettha Thavisin of the Pheu Thai Party has been confirmed as prime minister after receiving royal endorsement following his victory in a parliamentary vote, a spokesperson for the house speaker said on Wednesday. “His Majesty has given royal assent for the 30th prime minister of Thailand,” spokesperson Khumpee Ditthakorn told reporters. …

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By Fabian Hamacher and Ann Wang KINMEN, Taiwan (Reuters) – Maintaining peace needs a powerful defence, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday, as she made a rare visit to a frontline island located right next to China, to mark the anniversary of a key military clash with Chinese forces. China has stepped up military …

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By Charlotte Greenfield JARANWALA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Eighteen-year-old Kanwal had just returned from hospital with her newborn baby, Samuel, when a vigilante mob launched a violent attack on their home in a Christian area of eastern Pakistan. Terrified, she swept up the baby and fled barefoot with the rest of her family, narrowly escaping the …

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By Mushtaq Ali, Asif Shahzad and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistani rescuers pulled seven children and one man to safety after their cable car became stranded high over a remote ravine on Tuesday, ending an ordeal lasting more than 15 hours. “It was a unique operation that required lots of skill,” the military …

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(Reuters) – China’s leader Xi Jinping told the BRICS group on Tuesday that China’s economy was resilient and that the fundamentals for its long-term growth remained unchanged. Xi, who is in South Africa for a summit of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), made the remarks in a prepared statement read by Chinese …

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By Andrea Shalal and David Ljunggren (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday criticized China for reducing the transparency of its reporting on basic economic data in recent months, and for cracking down on firms in China that had been providing such data, calling its behavior irresponsible. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said …

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