By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA and South Korea’s science agency will sign a pact on Tuesday intended to boost the two countries’ cooperation in outer space, a White House official said, as the two allies meet this week to expand high-tech partnerships and security ties to deter North Korea. The agreement comes as …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Monday urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to comply with a 2020 ceasefire agreement, expressing “serious concern” about escalating tensions between the two countries over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Azerbaijan on Sunday established a checkpoint at the start of the Lachin Corridor, the only road route linking Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh, in what Armenia …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China respects the status of the independent sovereign nations that emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday, after Beijing’s envoy to Paris sparked a diplomatic storm by questioning their sovereignty. Ambassador Lu Shaye said in an interview aired on French television on Friday that …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU leaders will discuss the bloc’s stance towards China and its future relations with the country during their next summit in June, EU Council President Charles Michel said on Monday. “EU-China policy will be on the agenda of our European council in June,” Michel said in a post on Twitter. “Foreign affairs …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China will explore using 3D printing technology to construct buildings on the moon, the official China Daily reported on Monday, as Beijing solidifies plans for long-term lunar habitation. In the 2020 Chinese lunar mission, the Chang’e 5, named after the mythical Chinese goddess of the moon, an uncrewed probe took back to …
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By Andrew Gray and Ingrid Melander LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -Recent remarks by China’s ambassador to France questioning the sovereignty of former Soviet states such as Ukraine are totally unacceptable, several EU foreign ministers said before a meeting on Monday. “It is totally unacceptable”, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said ahead of the Luxembourg meeting of the …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China plans to launch an uncrewed probe around 2025 to collect samples from a near-Earth asteroid and explore a comet, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday, citing a senior space expert. The chief goal of the Tianwen-2 mission is to send a probe to the asteroid 2016HO3 to retrieve samples, …
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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday said he will press U.S. counterpart Joe Biden to make clear the extent of Washington’s commitment to protect his country under a 1951 security pact, citing growing regional tension. The past two Philippine administrations have urged former colonial power United States to be specific on …
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By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Cheering, flag-waving crowds gathered in Tokyo on Sunday for the first full Pride parade in four years, celebrating advances in LGBTQ rights but demanding Japan join other advanced nations in legally recognising same-sex marriage. Change is slow in Japan, which hosts a summit next month of the Group of …
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By Ju-min Park (Reuters) – South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol will be seeking U.S. assurances on deterring North Korea when he meets President Joe Biden this week, while the Americans will likely be looking for Yoon’s support for U.S. interests related to China and Russia. The conservative Yoon has made bolstering South Korea’s alliance …
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