By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -China will pause plans to build a new embassy in London, a decision that may increase diplomatic tensions when both countries want to repair damaged relations, people with knowledge of the situation said. Beijing will miss Thursday’s deadline to appeal against the local council’s opposition to its plans for a …
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By YP Rajesh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday easily defeated a vote of no-confidence taken by the opposition over his handling of a deadly ethnic conflict in Manipur, and in a two-hour speech dismissed the move as a vain attempt to “defame India”. More than 180 people have been …
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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The peculiar wobble of a subatomic particle called a muon in a U.S. laboratory experiment is making scientists increasingly suspect they are missing something in their understanding of physics – perhaps some unknown particle or force. Researchers on Thursday announced new findings about the muon (pronounced MEW-on), a magnetic …
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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – At home in northern Afghanistan, 19-year old Khushi draws a self-portrait – a figure enveloped by a blue burqa inside a cage. The former university student once attended classes in law and political science at northern Balkh province’s main university. But she sank into depression since the Taliban closed tertiary institutions …
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By Hyonhee Shin, Minwoo Park and Elaine Lies SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) -South Korea authorities evacuated more than 14,000 people and closed schools in flood-hit areas as tropical storm Khanun swept over the peninsula on Thursday, having pounded southern Japan over the past week. Downgraded from a typhoon to a tropical storm, Khanun made landfall on the …
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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine government has suspended all 22 reclamation projects in Manila Bay to assess their environmental and social impacts and compliance with regulations, Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga said on Thursday. The move comes days after the United States expressed concern over the involvement of a Chinese state-owned firm, which it blacklisted …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Northern China, still grappling with swollen rivers and floodwaters caused by Typhoon Doksuri two weeks ago, is preparing for more rains with the arrival of Typhoon Khanun. Khanun has already battered parts of Japan and the Korean Peninsula. On Thursday, China’s northern Hebei province upgraded its emergency response to the highest level …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council will meet publicly to discuss human rights abuses in North Korea next week, a move requested by the United States, Albania and Japan that is likely to anger Pyongyang and face opposition from China and Russia. It will be the first formal public …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The wife of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan said her husband was well after seeing him on Thursday for the first time since his jailing, his lawyer said. Kahn was jailed last week after being convicted of corruption. He was then barred from politics for five years, preventing …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s outgoing prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, and the leader of the opposition will meet again on Friday to try to pick a caretaker leader to oversee a general election due by November, the premier’s office said. Sharif and opposition leader Raja Riaz held a first round of talks on Thursday …
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