SEOUL (Reuters) – A lion was shot dead in South Korea on Monday after escaping from a privately owned farm and triggering a search by more than 100 police officers and the evacuation of dozens of campers from a nearby camping area. The lioness, named Sasoonee, was reported to be on the loose at around …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s defence minister Li Shangfu will visit Russia and Belarus from Aug. 14-19, the ministry said in a statement on Monday. While in Russia, Li will attend an international security meeting and make a speech there, according to the statement. He will also meet with leaders from Russia’s national defence department. During his …
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By Hyonhee Shin and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an increase in missile production to help secure “overwhelming military power” and be ready for war, state media KCNA said on Monday, as South Korea and the United States gear up for annual military drills. Kim gave the …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold a virtual meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin on Monday, the U.S. State Department said. Leaders of the three nations are due to meet on Aug. 18 at the U.S. presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland, …
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By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India plans to roll out welfare measures for “gig” workers employed through platforms like Amazon, Uber and India’s Zomato as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government prepares for elections, government and trade union officials said. The plan, part of the Social Security Code enacted in 2020, could include accident, health …
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WELLINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) – New Zealand posted a seasonally net migration gain of 5033 permanent and long-term migrants in June, data from Statistics New Zealand showed on Monday. The number of short-term visitors to New Zealand rose 88.5 percent on a year ago. (wellington.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com; +6448027979)
By Ryan Woo and Ben Blanchard BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China on Sunday condemned a brief U.S. visit by Taiwan Vice President William Lai, saying he was a separatist and “troublemaker through and through,” and Beijing would take strong steps to protect its sovereignty, drawing a rebuke from Taipei. Lai, front-runner to be Taiwan’s next president at …
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By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) -Militants attacked a Pakistani military convoy near the strategic southwestern port of Gwadar on Sunday as it was escorting a delegation of Chinese nationals to a construction project, the military and China’s consulate in Karachi said. China has invested heavily under its Belt and Road Initiative in the mineral-rich …
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By Andrew Hayley and Ethan Wang BEIJING (Reuters) -The death toll from a mudslide in China’s northwestern city of Xian has risen to 21, with six people still missing, the city’s emergency management authority said on Sunday, as China grapples with unusually high summer rainfall. State-owned China Central Television (CCTV) had earlier reported that Friday’s …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s northern region of Inner Mongolia reported two cases of bubonic plague on Saturday, following a previous infection that was detected on Aug. 7, the local government said. The two people infected are the husband and daughter of the previous case, the government said in a statement on its website. All close …
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