By Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) -Golfers have stepped up their fight to stop the Hong Kong government from taking back land in a 100-year-old golf course for public housing, saying that the move scheduled for Sept. 1 could hurt the Chinese-ruled city’s international image. The government is set to repossess a fifth of the …
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By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor plans to use regenerative fuel cell technology to power a manned lunar rover, executives said on Friday, raising the prospect of eventually using the moon’s water ice as an energy source in the future. Japan has stepped up its space ambitions under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. It …
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By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan is investigating a possible leak of official documents including diplomatic cables and classified reports on the island’s sensitive bid to join a global trade pact, according to two officials familiar with the probe. One official said initial findings showed some parts of the documents, posted on online message board …
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By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s Hun Sen, one of the world’s longest-ruling leaders, has indicated his eldest son and anointed successor Hun Manet might take over as soon as next month in a surprise revelation just days out from a one-sided election. It had been widely expected that the U.S. and …
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(Reuters) -The United States is trying to determine the fate of Private Travis T. King, a U.S. soldier who made an unauthorised crossing into North Korea on July 18, throwing Washington into a new crisis in its dealing with Pyongyang. WHO IS PRIVATE TRAVIS T. KING? Private Travis T. King, who joined the U.S. Army …
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By Ju-min Park, Josh Smith and Matt Spetalnick SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Army Private Travis T. King had finished serving nearly two months in detention in South Korea and was being escorted to the airport to fly home and likely face disciplinary action. But he never made it to his plane. Instead, roughly 24 hours later, …
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By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – When U.S. soldier Travis King sprinted across the border into North Korea from the South this week, he disappeared into a North Korea where lingering COVID-19 concerns and restrictions have made the already secretive country more isolated than ever. During the pandemic North Korea stopped all international travel and …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet, grounded by COVID-19 and then shunned in the West since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, returns to international touring next week for the first time since the pandemic with a trip to Beijing. Its dancers hope this will herald a return to the global stage for the crown jewel of …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Recent rainfall in China’s northeastern breadbasket has relieved drought across most of the region and replenished soil moisture, an agriculture ministry official said on Friday, adding that autumn grain is maturing at a normal rate. The area hit by drought in the northeast exceeded 20 million mu (1.33 million hectares) in May and …
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By Panu Wongcha-um and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s election-winning Move Forward party on Friday made way for runner-up and alliance partner Pheu Thai to try to form the next government, after its leader’s bid was twice thwarted this month by a military-backed Senate. The progressive Move Forward and populist Pheu Thai have the …
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