By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Lawyers for Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan will be allowed to meet him on Monday before they file an appeal against a graft conviction that has landed the former cricket star in jail, one of his lawyers said. Khan, 70, has been at the heart of political …
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(Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said both he and China’s Wang Yi want to strengthen EU-China relations, after a call with the Chinese foreign minister. “We discussed the upcoming Strategic Dialogue in Beijing in preparation of the EU-China Summit,” Borrell said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, …
By Laurie Chen and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s decision to join international talks in Saudi Arabia this weekend seeking to end Russia’s war in Ukraine signals possible shifts in Beijing’s approach but not a U-turn in its support for Moscow, analysts say. While Beijing declined to join earlier talks in NATO member …
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By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – A K-pop music concert scheduled for Sunday at a World Scout Jamboree in South Korea was postponed due to heat safety concerns as the host pressed on with the meet despite extreme temperatures that led three national contingents to pull out. Minister of Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min said …
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(Reuters) – State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines has launched new direct flights connecting Riyadh and Jeddah with the Chinese capital Beijing, Saudi state news agency SPA said on Sunday. The inaugural flight from Jeddah to Beijing took off on Friday, with the Riyadh-Beijing flight scheduled to commence on Sunday, SPA said. (Reporting by Hatem Maher and …
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Sunday marked the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima, where its mayor urged the abolition of nuclear weapons and called the Group of Seven leaders’ notion of nuclear deterrence a “folly”. The day to commemorate the victims of the world’s first nuclear attack comes …
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(Reuters) -Twenty-one people were injured and 126 buildings collapsed after an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck the eastern Chinese province of Shandong on Sunday, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The earthquake, 10 km (6 miles) deep, jolted Pingyuan County of Dezhou City at 02:33 a.m. (1833 GMT on Saturday), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. …
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By Mohamed Junayd MALE (Reuters) – The Maldives Supreme Court confirmed on Sunday that jailed former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom is barred for the country’s September presidential election. The ruling is another setback for the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM), which declared Yameen its candidate before his December conviction for corruption and money laundering …
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By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has instructed factories making missile engines, artillery and other weapons to boost capacity as an important part of bolstering the country’s defence capabilities, state media said on Sunday. Kim’s inspections from Thursday to Saturday included the production of engines for strategic cruise missiles …
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MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines on Sunday accused China’s coast guard of blocking and water-cannoning a Philippine military supply boat in the South China Sea, condemning the “excessive and offensive actions” against its vessels. China’s coast guard countered that it had implemented necessary controls in accordance with the law to deter Philippine ships, which it accused …
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