BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese Special Envoy for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui will visit Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for international talks on the peaceful settlement of the Ukraine crisis, China’s foreign ministry said on Friday. “China is willing to work with the international community to continue to play a constructive role in promoting a political solution to the …
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By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Local authorities in India’s northern state of Haryana have begun demolishing what they term illegal houses that were allegedly used in an attack on a Hindu procession earlier this week that sparked deadly Hindu-Muslim clashes across the state. The violence erupted in the Nuh district on Monday and …
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By Josh Arslan and Tingshu Wang BEIJING (Reuters) -For years, Gao enjoyed a big apartment in scenic west Beijing and an E-Class Mercedes-Benz. He lost it all this week as a result of the most extreme rainfall to hit the Chinese capital in 140 years. Raging floods, caused by storms that followed Typhoon Doksuri, destroyed …
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By Hyunsu Yim and Daewoung Kim BUAN, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korean authorities on Friday pledged more water trucks, air-conditioned spaces and medics for tens of thousands of Scouts suffering from a heatwave at the World Scout Jamboree, which began on Tuesday. Temperatures have hit 34 degrees Celsius (93F) in Saemangeum, the area of reclaimed …
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By YP Rajesh and Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s top court suspended opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi’s defamation conviction on Friday, allowing him to return to parliament and contest national elections due next year. Gandhi was convicted in March in a case brought by a lawmaker from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) …
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By Minwoo Park and Soo-hyang Choi SEONGNAM, South Korea (Reuters) – An apparently random stabbing attack in a commuter town near Seoul, the second such rampage in South Korea in less than two weeks, has sparked fear in a country that has long been considered safe with a low murder rate and strict firearm curbs. …
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By Liz Lee, Ella Cao and Samuel Shen BEIJING (Reuters) -Rain pelted swathes of China’s biggest grain producing province on Friday, submerging farms and worsening floods that have already swamped cities around the country as rescue workers scramble to contain the havoc caused by Typhoon Doksuri. Northeastern Heilongjiang, known as China’s “great northern granary”, is …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean businessman wanted for nine years by authorities was extradited from the United States on Friday to face charges linked to one of the country’s worst maritime disasters in which over 300 people, mostly children, were killed. Yoo Hyuk-kee was taken into custody on arrival from New York, where he …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese ruling party member of parliament resigned from his post as a deputy minister on Friday after allegations that he accepted bribes from a wind power company, dealing another setback to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Tokyo prosecutors raided the office of ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Masatoshi Akimoto on suspicion that …
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By Shoon Naing and Poppy McPherson (Reuters) – Poet turned militia leader Maung Saungkha, one of the most prominent figures fighting for democracy in Myanmar, says his armed group plans to start carving out territory in the country’s heartlands to confront the junta more directly. Maung Saungkha said the move is a key strategic aim …
