BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a phone conversation on Monday that China would uphold an independent and impartial position on Ukraine as it strives to find a political settlement to the issue. Wang’s comments to Lavrov were announced in a Foreign Ministry statement on Monday …
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By James Pomfret (Reuters) – Rights groups and activists protested outside the Laos Embassy in London on Monday to demand the release of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer who was arrested in Laos last month after fleeing China and who now faces the risk of repatriation. Lu Siwei was arrested in Laos on July …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, convicted in a graft case, has been jailed for three years in a fresh setback to the 70-year-old former cricket hero’s political career. Khan, Pakistan’s main opposition leader, faces a long legal battle to save his political career ahead of a national election …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – K-pop star Suga, songwriter and rapper for the boy band supergroup BTS, has begun the enlistment process for mandatory military service, the band’s label said on Monday, making him the third band member to go off to perform the military duty. “We would like to inform our fans that SUGA has initiated …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Monday that it would evacuate thousands of scouts taking part in a jamboree in the southwest of the country from Tuesday due to an expected typhoon. Kim Sung-ho, a senior interior ministry official, told a briefing that about 36,000 participants would be taken by bus to safer places …
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By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -Cambodia’s king on Monday approved the nomination of the Western-educated son of Prime Minister Hun Sen to become the next premier, confirming a much-anticipated transfer of power by one of the world’s longest-serving leaders. The decree endorsing 45-year-old army general Hun Manet requires the approval of the National …
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By Neil Jerome Morales and Albee Zhang BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines told China it will not abandon a disputed shoal in the South China Sea after it accused China’s coast guard of using water cannons and “dangerous” moves to prevent Manila from sending supplies to its troops occupying the reef. Likening the Aug. 5 incident …
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By Hyunsu Yim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea is determined to push ahead with the World Scout Jamboree, officials said on Monday, even as organisers plan to evacuate thousands of teenage participants out of the path of a typhoon that is expected to drench their campsite. The storm is the latest headache for …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Fourteen people were reported to have died over the weekend in the Chinese city of Shulan due to flooding caused by Typhoon Doksuri. Northeastern China, Beijing and Hebei province have seen heavy rainfall and floods since the typhoon made landfall in southern Fujian province two weeks ago. The deaths in Shulan, in northeastern …
By Napat Wesshasartar and Thomas Suen CHONBURI (Reuters) – Thai farmers marked the beginning of rice cultivation during the monsoon season on Sunday with their annual water buffaloes race which dates back to the 1800s. More than 60 buffaloes took part in the race along a 200-meter dirt track in the Napa sub-district of Chonburi …
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