By Elaine Lies and Hyonhee Shin TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea told Japan on Tuesday that it would launch a satellite between Aug. 24-31, its second such attempt this year, prompting criticism from Japan and South Korea that any such actions would be “extremely regrettable”. North Korea told Japan’s Coast Guard on Tuesday that the launch …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme. Russia’s state space corporation, Roskosmos, said it had lost contact with …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Beijing has allowed North Korea’s state carrier Air Koryo to resume flights to China more than three years after they stopped amid COVID-19 restrictions, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday. The approval comes amid signs of increased contact between North Korea and its neighbour and biggest trading partner. Train services between the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A magnetic mine blast killed two people in Kabul near Afghanistan’s Justice Ministry, the city’s police said on Monday. The mine was planted on a rickshaw, and the explosion left two dead and one injured, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran told Reuters. (Reporting by Mohammad Yunus Yawar in Kabul; writing by Gibran …
BEIJING (Reuters) -China is investigating a Chinese national accused of spying for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the state security ministry said on Monday. The 39-year-old Chinese national, surnamed Hao, was a cadre at a ministry and had gone to Japan for studies, which was where they were recruited, the ministry said in a …
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By Abu Arqam Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – Police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir said on Monday a civilian was shot dead by Indian forces along the Himalayan region’s disputed boundary, the second such incident since June despite a ceasefire accord. Scenic Kashmir is claimed in full, but controlled only in part, by India and Pakistan, which …
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By Rozanna Latiff and A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Artist Carmen Rose used to perform regularly in Malaysia, until a police raid last year put an end to the veteran drag queen’s act and fuelled the fears of the LGBTQ community at a time when Islamists are rapidly gaining political clout. Since the raid, …
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(Reuters) -British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is due to visit China at the end of this month, three sources familiar with the matter said, a long-awaited trip seeking to stabilise a turbulent relationship that has sunk to its lowest point in decades. Britain’s foreign office said it would announce Cleverly’s travel plans “in the usual …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities have opened a criminal investigation against jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets, after naming him and three aides in a fresh case, a top security source said on Monday. The matter, currently under investigation, pertains to a classified cable sent to …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Bilateral relations and economic and trade cooperation between China and the United States are facing difficulties, Chinese Premier Li Qiang told the chair of the U.S.-China Business Council heading a USCBC delegation on a visit to Beijing. Li’s remarks came at a time of frosty ties between the world’s two largest economies, and …
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