(Reuters) -Taiwan will buy as many as 400 U.S. land-launched Harpoon missiles in the face of rising threat from China, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing a trade group’s leader and people familiar with the issue. The Pentagon announced a $1.17 billion contract for 400 of the anti-ship missiles on April 7 without naming the …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea, the United States and Japan staged joint naval missile defence exercises on Monday to improve responses to North Korean threats, as Pyongyang accused Washington of ramping up “nuclear blackmail” with military drills. The three nations agreed at talks in Washington on Friday to hold regular missile defence …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China is highly concerned about heightened Israeli-Palestinian conflict and favours the two sides resuming peace talks as soon as possible, Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Monday. Qin, in separate phone calls with his Israeli and Palestinian counterparts, said China is willing to play a constructive role in promoting peace in the …
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By Humeyra Pamuk and Sakura Murakami KARUIZAWA, Japan (Reuters) – The Group of Seven nations see eye to eye on the need to stand up to any Chinese “coercion” or efforts to exert control in the Taiwan Strait, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Monday, amid increased tensions around Taiwan. Concerns about what …
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By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s top Catholic cleric is due to arrive in Beijing on Monday on the first visit to the Chinese capital by a bishop of the former British colony in nearly 30 years, despite signs of new Sino-Vatican tension. The visit by Bishop Stephen Chow and several of his …
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By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Chinese worker was charged with blasphemy in northern Pakistan after angry workers surrounded his office accusing him of insulting the Prophet Mohammad, then stormed a police station to try to find him, officials said. Police moved in as crowds gathered at the Dasu hydropower project in Kohistan …
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(Reuters) – Russia on Monday brushed off Japanese criticism of naval exercises by its Pacific Fleet, saying it needed to be on guard against a variety of regional threats while focusing on Ukraine. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said earlier on Monday that Tokyo had lodged a protest with Moscow over its military exercises …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China condemns U.S. sanctions on Chinese firms and individuals over their alleged involvement in fentanyl trade, and has lodged representations with Washington, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday. “China, in the spirit of humanitarianism, has been trying to help the U.S. as best it can,” spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a regular news …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Monday that Tokyo had lodged a protest with Russia over its military exercises around disputed islands near Japan’s Hokkaido. Matsuno also said that Russia informed Tokyo that it would conduct missile exercises around the disputed islands between April 18 and 22. Separately, Russia last …
By Kirsty Needham and Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian man has been refused bail after being charged with a foreign interference offence for accepting cash from suspected Chinese intelligence agents, with a Sydney court saying his close ties to China made him a flight risk. Magistrate Michael Barko said Alexander Csergo was a “sophisticated, …
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