Leaders emphasize 'forward-looking ties'
GYEONGJU, Oct 30 (AFP): South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi both stressed Thursday the importance of "forward-looking ties" as they held their first official talks.Relations have long suffered over issues related to Japan's brutal 1910-45 occupation of the Korean peninsula and there have...
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Water level of river at 60-year high
HOI AN, Oct 30 (AFP): Flooding in Vietnam has killed at least 10 people this week as the water level of a major river near tourist landmarks reached a 60-year high, authorities said Thursday.Vietnam's coastal provinces, home to UNESCO world heritage site Hoi An ancient town, have been pummelled by...
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Putin's envoy believes there may be peace in Ukraine within year
RIYADH, Oct 30 (Reuters): Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia that he expected the war in Ukraine to end within a year.Dmitriev was speaking after meeting officials from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration in the United States last weekend....
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Trump orders testing US nuclear weapons after 30 years
BUSAN, Oct 30 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.Trump made the surprise announcement on Truth Social while he was aboard his Marine One...
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Pak-Afghan peace talks 'likely to' resume
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30 (AFP): Pakistan and Afghanistan will likely hold another round of peace talks in Istanbul, a Pakistani security source told AFP on Thursday, after Islamabad's announcement that previous negotiations had failed.The talks, brokered by Qatar and Turkey, came in the wake of the deadliest clashes between the South...
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