Key words : indonesia closed counting
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Vote counting underway in Indonesia's presidential election
Indonesians voted for a new president on Wednesday. The winner will replace President Joko Widodo, who has served for about a decade. NHK World's Dhra Dhirakaosal reports from Jakarta.
Key words : india farmer
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Indian farmers hold huge rally ahead of general elections
Farmers in India have taken to the streets on the outskirts of New Delhi, demanding the government guarantee minimum purchase prices, backed by legislation, for their crops.
The protest rally was held on Tuesday in response to a call from agricultural groups. Local media say several thousand farmers and their supporters took part.
Some protesting farmers breached barricades set up on main roads and threw stones, while police officers fired tear gas, injuring some demonstrators.
Another massive protest is planned for Wednesday. The demonstrators suggest that they may march to the center of New Delhi.
There is concern that there may be further clashes while tight security is in place in the capital.
While India's economy keeps growing, about 70 percent of India's people live in rural areas and most of them are impoverished.
India will hold general elections by May and how to tackle farmers' poverty is one of major issues in the elections.
Key words : north fired spotted
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S.Korea spots N.Korean cruise missiles over waters east of Korean Peninsula
South Korea's military says it sighted cruise missiles fired by North Korea over waters east of the Korean Peninsula. Japan calls the waters the Sea of Japan.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff say the missiles were spotted northeast of North Korea's eastern city of Wonsan at around 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
South Korean and US forces are conducting detailed analyses on the launches, including how far the missiles traveled.
This is the fifth time this year North Korea has fired cruise missiles. It also fired them on January 24, 28 and 30 and February 2. Observers say the pace of the launches is unusual.
A five-year national defense plan North Korea established three years ago calls for the development of long- and medium-range cruise missiles.
The country has been test-firing cruise missiles that can fly for a long time at low altitudes. Pyongyang wants to mount tactical nuclear warheads on them.
Experts say North Korea intends to use the weapons to attack South Korea's military and US forces in South Korea and Japan in the case of a contingency on the Korean Peninsula.
Some also say North Korea is apparently stressing that it has been proceeding with its plan to develop cruise missiles after determining that its technology for launching ballistic missiles has reached a certain level.
Key words : us human rights abducted
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US envoy visits site of Japanese girl's abduction by North Korea
A US human rights official has visited the site in central Japan where a girl was abducted by North Korea nearly 50 years ago.
Julie Turner, US special envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues, visited Niigata City on the Sea of Japan coast on Tuesday.
On November 15, 1977, 13-year-old Yokota Megumi was abducted by North Korean agents on her way home from school.
Turner viewed the path Megumi is believed to have walked along that day, guided by local police officers.
She then met with Niigata Prefecture Vice Governor Kasatori Koichi.
Kasatori asked for further support from the US to solve the abduction issue, saying that there is no time to waste as the abductees and their families are getting older.
Turner said the abductions are a terrible human rights violation. She promised that the US will continue to highlight kidnapping and other rights transgressions by North Korea.
Later she told reporters that the primary purpose of her visit is to offer continued US support on the issue to the Japanese government.
She said the day's walk made her reaffirm her commitment to prioritize the abduction issue. She also said the US government will appeal to the international community for cooperation.
Key words : biden trump commitment
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Biden slams Trump for making 'shameful' comment about NATO
US President Joe Biden has lashed out at former President Donald Trump for making a controversial comment about NATO. He has also stressed that his country`s commitment to the alliance is steadfast.
On Saturday, Trump revealed that while he was in office he said the United States might not protect its NATO allies from a potential Russian attack, if they did not pay their fair share of the defense expenditures.
Biden said at a news conference on Tuesday that the former president had sent "a dangerous and shockingly un-American signal to the world."
He said, "No other president in our history has ever bowed down to a Russian dictator." Biden added, "I never will." He said Trump's words were "dumb" and "shameful."
Biden declared, "For as long as I'm president, if Putin attacks a NATO ally, the United States will defend every inch of NATO territory."
Biden stressed that Congress needs to pass a bill to provide urgent funding to Ukraine. A bill has just been approved by the Senate. Biden called on the House of Representatives to approve it swiftly.
Key words : British research
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British researchers say Russia lost nearly 3,000 tanks in Ukraine
A British research institute says Russia has lost nearly 3,000 battle tanks during its invasion of Ukraine, but a stalemate in the fighting may continue.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies published its annual "The Military Balance" report on Tuesday. The document analyzes countries' military power and regional situations around the world.
The report says Russia has lost over 2,900 battle tanks since launching its full-scale war on Ukraine. It says the figure is as many as the military "had in active inventory at the outset of the operation."
But the institute says Moscow has been pulling older tanks out of storage. It sees that Russia "could potentially sustain around three more years of heavy losses and replenish tanks from stocks."
The report says Ukraine has also suffered heavy losses, although the country has broadly sustained its inventory size thanks to replacements from Western nations and by using less costly unmanned ships and other weapons. The document adds that a stalemate in the fighting may persist thorough this year.
The IISS notes that the global security environment is worsening due to the war between Israel and Hamas, China's military activities around Taiwan and other factors. It points out that governments need to reassess their defense plans.
The report says global defense spending in 2023 totaled a record 2.2 trillion dollars, up 9 percent in real terms from the previous year.
The United States had the largest defense budget with 905.5 billion dollars, followed by China with 219.5 billion dollars and Russia with 108.5 billion dollars. Japan's defense spending was the ninth largest at 49 billion dollars.
Key words : russia senior officials
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Russia puts Baltic nation senior officials on wanted list
Media reports say Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and some other Baltic nation officials have been placed on Russia's wanted list for removing Soviet-era war monuments.
Russian media including the state-run TASS news agency said on Tuesday that Russia's interior ministry had also included Latvian justice minister and Lithuanian culture minister on the list.
TASS said Russia's investigators had put them on the list for cases of desecration and destruction of monuments to Soviet soldiers. They were built to commemorate the soldiers who fought against Nazi Germany during World War Two.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the Baltic officials are "taking hostile actions toward both historical memory and our country."
The Estonian prime minister said on social media X, "Russia's move is nothing surprising," and, "This is yet more proof that I am doing the right thing." She said she will continue her strong support to Ukraine.
Anti-Russia sentiment is historically widespread in the three Baltic countries because they had been annexed by the Soviet Union.
Since Russia started the invasion of Ukraine, the Baltic nations began removing monuments that glorified Soviet soldiers as liberators who saved people from Nazi Germany. Russia has reacted against the moves, describing them as falsification of history.
Key words : immediate hamas
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Biden: US seeking at least 6-week pause in Gaza fighting
US President Joe Biden says the United States is trying to secure at least a six-week pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas.
Biden spoke to reporters after meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan at the White House on Monday.
The US and others have been trying to broker an agreement to pause the fighting in Gaza and secure the release of the hostages being held by Hamas.
Biden said the US is working on a deal that will bring an "immediate and sustained period of calm to Gaza for at least six weeks."
He said, "There are gaps that remain." But he added that he has been encouraging Israeli leaders to keep working to achieve a deal. He said the United States will do everything possible to make it happen.
Biden also referred to moves by Israel to launch a ground offensive in the southern Gazan city of Rafah.
The president reiterated that Israel should not conduct a major operation without a "credible plan" that will ensure the "safety" of the "more than 1 million people sheltering there."
King Abdullah said an Israeli attack on Rafah is "certain to produce another humanitarian catastrophe." He added that a lasting ceasefire is needed "now." The king also said, "This war must end."
Key words : mediator keep wards clean
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Mediators from US, Qatar, Egypt push for Israel-Hamas truce
Mediators from Egypt, the US and Qatar are pressing Israelis to halt their offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. They met in Cairo in the hopes of securing a pause in the fighting for at least six weeks.
More than a million Palestinians have tried to escape danger by taking refuge in Rafah. United Nations officials say the population has increased five-fold since Hamas militants attacked Israeli villages in October.
Egyptian leaders fear Palestinians who have massed along their border will spill over onto their side. They have warned the Israelis they will not allow such forced displacement and are tightening security.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that, if negotiations in Cairo fail, the consequences will be "devastating." He described the situation in Gaza as a "breakdown in public order."
Officials with the World Health Organization said only 15 out of the 36 hospitals in Gaza are even "partially or minimally functional," and that health workers do not have enough painkillers, mattresses or supplies to keep wards clean. They added that they fear many more lives will be lost before the "human catastrophe" is over.
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