BANGKOK (Reuters) – The two sons of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn ended their first visit to Thailand in 27 years on Monday, without any comment on their surprise arrival from the palace. Vacharaeson Vivacharawongse, 42, arrived in Thailand last week and visited a child care centre and took part in religious ceremonies at a Bangkok …
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By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Crowded into a small, rented room near Pakistan’s capital, an Afghan family of 12 is waiting, like thousands of others, for progress on their applications to go to the United States as refugees. As time passes, their money is running out and their worries are growing. In a small …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China must act to prevent epidemics from breaking out in flood-hit areas of the country such as Heilongjiang and ensure a smooth return to agricultural production, state news agency Xinhua quoted vice premier Liu Guozhong as saying on Monday. Damaged farmland, water conservation and other infrastructure will need to be quickly repaired to …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan braced for Typhoon Lan to make landfall, with airlines and railways cancelling services in central areas of the country’s main island, where it is expected to strike on Tuesday. Lan, the seventh tropical storm of the season, was over the Pacific Ocean near central Japan, headed northwest at 15 kilometres per …
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(Reuters) – At least 36 people were feared dead at a jade mine in northern Myanmar after being swept into a lake by a huge landslide, a rescue worker and local journalist said on Monday. The accident happened Sunday in the remote town of Hpakant, the centre of Myanmar’s secretive jade industry, where scavengers risk …
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By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, a little-known politician who is believed to be close to the military, was sworn in as Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister on Monday to oversee national elections as the country navigates political and economic crises. Kakar, from the southwestern province of Balochistan, will name a cabinet and …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Four Australian tourists and three Indonesian crew were missing off the eastern coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province on Monday after their wooden speedboat lost contact in bad weather, the national rescue agency said. The 10-metre vessel was travelling from North Nias Island to Aceh’s Banyak Island. The boat lost contact at around …
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KABUL (Reuters) – At least three people were killed and seven injured after a blast ripped through a hotel in southeastern Afghanistan’s Khost province on Monday, the province’s media office said. (Reporting by Mohammad Yunus Yawar in Kabul; Writing by Shivam Patel, editing by Ed Osmond)
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s capital will force drivers to undergo emission tests and consider ordering half of its civil servants to work from home, officials said on Monday, amid deteriorating air quality that has made Jakarta one of the world’s most polluted cities. Jakarta has been consistently ranked among the 10 most polluted cities globally …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan will not be afraid nor back down in the face of authoritarian threats, the island’s vice president told supporters on a U.S. visit that Beijing has condemned, while reiterating a willingness to talk to China. William Lai, also frontrunner to be Taiwan’s next president at January elections, is in the United States …
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