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By Felix Light GORIS, Armenia (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians rushed on Wednesday to flee the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia after a lightning military operation by Azerbaijan that has recast the contours of the post-Soviet South Caucasus. So far more than 28,000 of the 120,000 Armenians of Karabakh, a region internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, have crossed in the border into Armenia, a country […]

By Bernard Orr and Roger Tung BEIJING/TAPEI (Reuters) -China said on Wednesday its recent series of drills near Taiwan aimed at combating the “arrogance” of separatist forces, while the frontrunner to be Taiwan’s next president said China was trying to “annex” the island. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has said this month that it had observed dozens of fighters, drones, bombers and other aircraft, as well as […]

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland’s agriculture minister said on Wednesday talks with Ukraine were on track as the two countries try to resolve a dispute about a ban imposed by Warsaw on Polish grain imports. Warsaw and Kyiv are allies, but relations have soured since Poland, Hungary and Slovakia decided to extend a ban that was introduced to protect farmers from a surge in grain and food imports from Ukraine after Russia’s […]

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has decided to expel American soldier Travis King who it said has admitted to illegal intrusion into the country and was “disillusioned about unequal U.S. society,” state media KCNA said on Wednesday. KCNA released the final results of an investigation into King’s border crossing in July, after saying in its interim findings that he wanted refuge in North Korea or elsewhere because of […]

By Amina Ismail MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – A fire ripped through a packed wedding hall in northern Iraq late on Tuesday, killing more than 100 people in a Christian town that had survived Islamic State occupation as authorities announced an investigation into the blaze. Fire fighters searched the charred skeleton of the building in Qaraqoush into Wednesday morning and bereaved relatives gathered outside a morgue in the nearby city of […]

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland will bid to hold the summer Olympics in 2036, Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Wednesday, entering the ring with other hopefuls including Indonesia, Mexico and India. Poland, which hosted the multi-sports European Games this summer in Krakow and Malopolska, has never hosted an Olympic Games, summer or winter. “I would like to announce, after consultations with the Polish Olympic Committee, with the Minister of Sport, and […]

(Reuters) -The chairman of China Evergrande Group has been placed under police surveillance, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, raising more doubts about the embattled developer’s future as it grapples with mounting risks of liquidation. Evergrande is the world’s most indebted property developer and has been at the centre of an unprecedented liquidity crisis in China’s property sector, which accounts for roughly a quarter of the world’s second-largest economy. Once China’s […]

By Arriana McLymore RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – Merchants who sell on Amazon.com want the online retailer to cut back on fees while some also worry the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit filed on Tuesday could hit its advertising business, harming their ability to reach potential shoppers. The FTC’s long-awaited antitrust lawsuit asks a court to consider forcing the online retailer to sell assets as the government accuses Big Tech […]

(Reuters) -Hui Ka Yan, the chairman of China Evergrande Group, has been placed under police surveillance, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Hui was taken away by police earlier this month and is being monitored at a designated location, the report added, citing sources. It was not clear why Hui was placed under residential surveillance, Bloomberg News said, adding the move was a type […]