SYDNEY (Reuters) – New Zealand said on Wednesday it had signed a range of cooperative arrangements with China on trade, agriculture, forestry, education, and science and innovation. New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Chinese Premier Li Qiang also discussed the Indo-Pacific region, tensions in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait, Wellington said in …
BEIJING (Reuters) – For the second time in a month, a mouse head has been found in a lunch box meal of a cafeteria in China, state media reported on Tuesday, sparking online witticisms and a larger debate about food safety in the country. The head of a rodent was found in a lunch box …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai court on Wednesday acquitted five anti-government protesters indicted on charges of attempted violence against the country’s queen during a demonstration in 2020, a legal aid group said. The case stemmed from an event at the height of pro-democracy demonstrations in 2020, in which a motorcade carrying Queen Suthida was heckled …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga plans to visit India from July 4-7 with a business delegation, his office said on Wednesday. Arrangements are being made for his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Suga’s office said in a statement. (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka)
By Enrique Garcia GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -An anti-corruption presidential candidate in Guatemala, whose surprise showing in a first-round election on Sunday means he will contest a runoff vote in August, said on Tuesday he would pursue closer relations with China if he wins. “We need to work on our trade relations and expand them in …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Wednesday announced new sanctions on two individuals and two entities over their alleged involvement in North Korea’s weapons programmes, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. The sanctions target Choi Chon Gon, a former South Korean national who acquired Russian citizenship, two companies Choi owns and a North Korean who supported Choi, …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong private home prices retreated 0.7% in May from April, the first fall in four months, official data showed, as many home buyers stayed on the sidelines amid uncertainty over interest rate hikes and the economic outlook. The drop in home prices last month in the financial hub, one of …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan spotted two Russian warships off its eastern coast on Tuesday and sent its own aircraft and ships to keep watch, the island’s defence ministry said. In a statement late on Tuesday, the ministry said the two frigates sailed in a northerly direction off Taiwan’s east coast and then “departed from our …
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By Martin Quin Pollard and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) – As news broke on Saturday that mercenary Wagner troops were careering towards Moscow in a short-lived rebellion, several businessmen from southern China began frantically calling factories to halt shipments of goods destined for Russia. While the mutiny – the biggest test of Russian President …
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By Ju-min Park and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) – When former Samsung executive Choi Jinseog won a contract with Taiwan’s Foxconn in 2018, he tapped his former employer’s supplier network to steal secrets to help his new client set up a chip factory in China, an indictment by South Korean prosecutors alleges. Prosecutors announced the …
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