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By Hyonhee Shin and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday his country is ready to partner with South Korea on critical minerals and clean energy projects, and to fend off North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. Addressing South Korea’s parliament, Trudeau said Canada was committed to increase military …

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Visitors to Japan rose to a post-pandemic high of almost 2 million in April, official data showed on Wednesday, benefiting from a relaxation of travel restrictions in China. The number of foreign visitors for business and leisure climbed to 1.95 million last month from 1.82 million in March, the Japan National Tourism …

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By Yimou Lee and Sarah Wu (Reuters) – Taiwan’s main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party picked New Taipei City mayor Hou Yu-ih on Wednesday to be its presidential candidate in the election next year, with China tensions set to top the election agenda. Below are facts about Hou: – Fluent in Taiwanese, the 65-year-old mayor of …

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By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Thai football chiefs apologised on Wednesday and promised “severe punishments” for wrongdoers after brawls marred the South East Asia Games soccer final against Indonesia in Cambodia. Indonesia won the under-23 match 5-2 on Tuesday after extra time, by which time Thailand had been reduced to eight players …

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By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s leader said on Tuesday public libraries needed to ensure books don’t violate local laws, amid criticism that many books and videos related to China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown have now been removed from library shelves. “These books are accessible by people in private book …

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By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The speaker of Taiwan’s parliament praised Japan, South Korea and the Philippines on Tuesday for helping to create a “crescent of defense” with Taiwan and the U.S. against China’s ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region. Speaking in Washington, You Si-kun told the Hudson Institute think tank that …

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THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia will face off before the United Nations’ top court on June 6, when judges will hear Ukraine’s claim that Moscow violated a U.N. treaty by supporting pro-Russian separatists who were identified by a Dutch court as being responsible for the 2014 downing of flight MH17. In November last …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will soon send additional security assistance to Taiwan, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday. “The United States will soon provide significant additional security assistance to Taiwan through (the) presidential drawdown authority that Congress authorized last year,” Austin told lawmakers. The presidential drawdown authority, or PDA, is a …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s visit to Taiwan was on Tuesday described as a “dangerous political show which will do nothing but harm to the United Kingdom” by a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in London. “We urge the relevant British politician to correct her wrongdoing, stop making political shows with the Taiwan question, and stop conniving at …

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