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South Korea, US to Hold Largest Live-Fire Drills Amid North Korea Tension
22Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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South Korea, US to Hold Largest Live-Fire Drills Amid North Korea Tension

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean and U.S. forces will hold their largest-ever live-fire exercises in June in a show of force to North Korea, which has ratcheted up tension with numerous missile launches, South Korea's defence ministry said on Wednesday.The exercises are part of a series of events marking the 70th anniversary of the alliance between the two countries this year."We've planned various anniversary programmes focusing on realising 'peace through strength' through action based on our strategic deterrence capabilities and the solid combined defence posture amid North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats," the ministry said in a statement."During the live-fire exercises, the combined forces will demonstrate the alliance's formidable firepower and mobility on an unpreceden...
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Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Plans Lithuanian Branch, in Blow to Moscow
21Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Plans Lithuanian Branch, in Blow to Moscow

VILNIUS (Reuters) - The spiritual head of Orthodox Christians worldwide said on Tuesday he would work with Lithuanian authorities to establish a new branch in the Baltic nation to ensure that believers are no longer under the sole supervision of Moscow.In 2019, Patriarch Bartholomew infuriated Moscow by recognizing the newly established Orthodox Church of Ukraine as Ukraine's official branch. Previously the Ukrainian Church had fallen under the authority of the Moscow patriarchate."Today a new perspective opens before us along with the possibility to work together for the establishment of (a branch) of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (of Constantinople) in Lithuania," Bartholomew told reporters in Vilnius after meeting Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte."The Ecumenical Patriarchy sacrificially...
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US Tells China Not to Overread Likely Taiwan President Visit
21Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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US Tells China Not to Overread Likely Taiwan President Visit

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is putting out the word in advance that an expected unofficial stopover in the United States by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen would fall in line with recent precedent and should not be used as a pretext by Beijing to step up aggressive activity in the Taiwan Strait.In recent weeks, senior U.S. officials in Washington and Beijing have underscored to their Chinese counterparts that transit visits through the United States during broader international travel by the Taiwanese president have been routine in recent years, according to a senior administration official. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.In such visits in recent years, Tsai has met with members of Congress and the Taiwanese diaspora and has...
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Colombian President Suspends Ceasefire With Criminal Group
19Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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Colombian President Suspends Ceasefire With Criminal Group

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday said he had suspended a ceasefire with the Clan del Golfo, the country's largest criminal organization, because it had attacked police."I have ordered the armed forces to reactivate all military operations against the Clan del Golfo," Petro said in a tweet. "We will not allow them to continue sowing anxiety and terror in the communities."Minutes later, Petro tweeted: "The rifle attack on the police force by the Clan del Golfo breaks the ceasefire.... The armed forces must act immediately against the mafia organization."Reuters was not able to immediately confirm any details about the rifle attack.The ceasefire with the Clan, also known as the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces (AGC), was part of efforts to end the group's part i...
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Black Sea Drones Show U.S. Involvement in Conflict Against Russia, Says Kremlin
19Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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Black Sea Drones Show U.S. Involvement in Conflict Against Russia, Says Kremlin

(Reuters) - U.S. drone flights over the Baltic Sea are a sign of direct U.S. involvement in conflict with Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Sunday.Last week, a U.S. drone crashed into the sea after being intercepted by Russian Su-27 fighter planes in the first known direct military encounter between the two sides since Russia launched its war in Ukraine last year."It is quite obvious what these drones are doing, and their mission is not at all a peaceful mission to ensure the safety of shipping in international waters," Interfax news agency quoted Peskov as saying in a TV interview."And in fact, we are talking about the direct involvement of the operators of these drones in the conflict, and against us."The United States said the Russian planes harassed the...
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Australia’s Victoria State Premier Condemns Nazi Salute
19Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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Australia’s Victoria State Premier Condemns Nazi Salute

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The premier of Australia's Victoria state condemned on Sunday Nazi salutes at a protest in the state capital Melbourne as an attempt "to scapegoat minorities" using "evil ideology".Transgender rights protesters clashed with neo-Nazis in Melbourne on Saturday after a British anti-transgender activist sought to address supporters at the city's parliament building, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.On Sunday, The Australian newspaper posted to Twitter an image of several men dressed in black performing a Nazi salute outside the parliament.Victoria's Premier Daniel Andrews said the anti-transgender activists had "gathered to spread hate" in the city."On the steps of our parliament, some of them performed a Nazi salute. They were there to say the trans community don't des...
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Exclusive-Amid U.S. Pressure on Fentanyl, Mexico Raises Drug Lab Raids Data
17Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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Exclusive-Amid U.S. Pressure on Fentanyl, Mexico Raises Drug Lab Raids Data

By Drazen Jorgic, Jackie Botts and Stephen EisenhammerMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's army has dramatically revised upward the number of drug lab raids it says it conducted under President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, according to government data and leaked military documents reviewed by Reuters.The documents, found among a trove of millions of emails leaked last year by the Guacamaya hacker group, show the upward revision being due to the army retroactively including hundreds of inactive labs on its seizures list under Lopez Obrador's presidency. Figures for the years of previous administrations were left unchanged.Mexico's army, in a response to a freedom of information request in February, now says it seized 635 synthetic drug labs during 2019, 2020 and 2021 - the first three years ...
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Top Turkish Diplomat to Visit Egypt After a Decade of Tension
17Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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Top Turkish Diplomat to Visit Egypt After a Decade of Tension

CAIRO/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign minister will travel to Cairo on Saturday in a further sign of thawing relations a decade after diplomatic links were cut by the overthrow of Egypt's then president and Ankara's ally Mohamed Mursi.The visit by Mevlut Cavusoglu will be the first time Turkey has sent its top diplomat there since Egypt's army chief, now president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi led the overthrow of Mursi in July 2013.It comes two weeks after Cavusoglu's Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shourky, visited Turkey to show solidarity after the massive earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 in Turkey and Syria."All aspects of our bilateral relations will be discussed, and views will be exchanged on regional and international issues," Turkey's foreign ministry said. The visit was annou...
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Senior U.S. Envoy to Travel to Panama, Honduras in Coming Days
16Mar By Jobber WikiNo Comments
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Senior U.S. Envoy to Travel to Panama, Honduras in Coming Days

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -A high-ranking envoy of President Joe Biden will travel to Panama and Honduras this month, the U.S. Department of State said on Thursday, days after Honduras said it would establish formal diplomatic ties with China.Chris Dodd, the U.S. special presidential adviser for the Americas, will visit the two Central American nations from March 17-21, the State Department said in a statement.In recent years, the United States has focused on migration and security challenges stemming from Central America, as well as trade and development priorities.Dodd, a former lawmaker, will meet with Honduran officials and private-sector representatives, officials and finance leaders in Panama, as well as attend the Inter-American Development Bank annual conference."These visits advanc...
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