Reuters Asia Top

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he did not know “what exactly happened” when Twitter took down content related to a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year, adding that some rules related to social media content were “quite strict” in India. In January, India ordered the blocking of …

Musk says unaware why Twitter India pulled posts on BBC documentary critical of Modi Read More »

(Reuters) – China is planning to close the airspace north of Taiwan from April 16 to 18, four sources with knowledge of the matter said, a move that could disrupt flights around the region. China and Taiwan’s foreign ministries did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Four officials outside China, speaking to Reuters on …

China to close airspace north of Taiwan April 16-18 -sources Read More »

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Comments by French President Emmanuel Macron on Taiwan are puzzling, a senior Taiwanese politician said, wondering whether France’s founding ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity are now out of fashion. Macron, in comments in an interview on a trip to China that was meant to showcase European unity on China policy, cautioned …

Macron comments leave senior Taiwanese official ‘puzzled’ Read More »

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s military said it carried out a deadly attack on a village gathering organised by its insurgent opponents this week and if civilians were also killed it was because they were being forced to help the “terrorists”. Up to 100 people, including children, were killed in Tuesday’s air strike in the Sagaing area …

Myanmar military justifies deadly attack on insurgent ceremony Read More »

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva departed Brazil on Tuesday for an official visit to China, where he aims to convince President Xi Jinping to form a group of nations to mediate an end to Russia’s war with Ukraine. Lula’s visit, postponed from March for health reasons, aims to …

Brazil’s Lula puts Ukraine peace on his agenda in China Read More »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday condemned China’s sentencing of two human rights lawyers to more than a decade each in jail, the latest move in a years-long crackdown on civil society by President Xi Jinping. Xu Zhiyong, 50, and Ding Jiaxi, 55, were sentenced on Monday to jail terms of 14 years …

U.S. condemns sentencing of Chinese lawyers -State Dept Read More »

By Idrees Ali and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence analysts believe a recent military parade in North Korea “probably oversells” the threat its inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) pose to the United States, according to a leaked document purportedly from the U.S. government. Reuters has reviewed more than 50 of the documents, labeled “Secret” …

North Korea parade ‘probably oversells’ ICBM threat -leaked document Read More »