BEIJING (Reuters) – Two Chinese warships have ventured into the Western Pacific for live-fire exercises, the military said on Tuesday, shortly after one of China’s two aircraft carriers returned from a patrol, in its latest projection of force into more distant waters. The destroyer Dalian and guided-missile frigate Huangshan sailed to an unidentified area of …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, met with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as a special presidential envoy, South Korea’s presidential office said on Tuesday. Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is visiting South Korea to participate in a media conference. In an interview with South Korea’s Yonhap news agency …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – A South Korean citizen, whom South Korea’s government identified as soccer player Son Jun-ho, is suspected of accepting bribes and has been detained by the public security department of Liaoning province, China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Son, detained on Friday, is being held in police custody in northeast China in connection …
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By Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The G7 summit U.S. President Joe Biden attends in Japan this week will show leaders unified behind a common approach to dealing with China based on shared values, even while recognizing each country will manage its own relationship with Beijing, a senior U.S. administration official said …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former civilian employee at a U.S. Army facility in South Korea has been arrested on charges of receiving $400,000 in kickbacks from military contractors, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday. Young Beom Kim, 62, was responsible for overseeing construction contracts at the Army Garrison Yongsan-Casey from 2017 to 2021. …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s top two opposition parties scored a resounding victory over military-allied parties in Sunday’s election and on Monday began seeking coalition partners to overcome the votes of an appointed Senate to pick a prime minister. Here are key takeaways from the election. PROGRESSIVE PARTY’S WIN MARKS SOCIETAL SHIFT The big surprise of …
By Tom Bateman HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – When Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hosts leaders of the Group of Seven richest nations in Hiroshima this week, restaurants in the city hope to put a local speciality on the map, with a choice of fillings to cater for foreign tastes. A gateway to tourism on the …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Influential countries such as India, Vietnam and South Africa balk at criticizing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine because they believe international principles are not applied equally, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a speech on Monday. “When I talk to leaders from those countries, many assure me that they are not questioning the …
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By Amlan Chakraborty (Reuters) – There is a “very real possibility” that Pakistan will boycott this year’s World Cup in India if they lose hosting rights to the Asia Cup, the chairman of the country’s cricket board Najam Sethi told Reuters. Bilateral cricket has been a casualty of the soured political relations between India and …
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(Reuters) – At least three people were killed, 13 injured and more than 1,000 buildings were damaged when Cyclone Mocha pummelled western Myanmar, state-run media said on Monday. But refugee camps in southeast Bangladesh for Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar escaped the worst of the storm, although many bamboo huts were damaged, residents of the region …
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