By Lewis Jackson YINCHUAN, China (Reuters) -In arid northern China, dozens of workers prune goji berry bushes that stretch out under the protective shade of thousands of solar panels. The 1 gigawatt (GW) facility in the northwestern region of Ningxia is part of a network across northern and western China that use the bulk and …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -A South Korean-born New Zealand woman was convicted on Tuesday of murdering her two children, whose bodies were discovered in suitcases in an abandoned storage locker, local media reported. Hakyung Lee admitted killing the children, aged eight and six, but had pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder on the grounds of …
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MANILA (Reuters) -President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordered the Philippines disaster response agency to go on full alert and mobilise all government agencies as Super Typhoon Ragasa threatened the north of the country and set off storm alerts across East and Southeast Asia. Packing winds of 215 kph (134 mph) and gusts of up to 295 …
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By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea’s Kim Jong Un said there was no reason to avoid talks with the U.S. if Washington stopped insisting his country give up nuclear weapons, but he would never abandon the nuclear arsenal to end sanctions, state media reported on Monday. “Personally, I still have fond memories of U.S. …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -The leader of the Unification Church religious empire, Han Hak-ja, was jailed after a South Korean court on Tuesday issued a warrant to detain him in relation to graft allegations against the wife of ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, a prosecutor said. Han has been accused of directing the church to bribe former …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would promote relations with China “more vigorously,” state media KCNA reported on Tuesday. Kim’s comments were made in a reply to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s congratulatory message on North Korea’s founding anniversary, KCNA said. Kim also said he could “feel well enough” China’s support during …
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -Four explosions killed at least 24 people, the majority civilians, in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border late on Sunday night, two government officials and local residents said on Monday. Conflicting reports emerged about the nature of the blasts. Local residents said that Pakistani fighter jets had bombed four houses. Two security officials, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -A delegation of U.S. lawmakers met with Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun on Monday in the first House of Representatives visit to Beijing in six years, with talks aimed at bolstering exchanges including military-to-military communication. The bipartisan delegation was led by Democratic U.S. Representative Adam Smith of Washington, the current top Democrat on …
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By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s defence ministry issued a full-page advertisement in the country’s largest newspaper on Monday, detailing and defending non-defence programmes being run by the military, amid criticism of its wider role under President Prabowo Subianto. Since being elected last year, Prabowo has expanded the number of government posts for military personnel …
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By Jun Yuan Yong SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore said on Monday it will impose targeted sanctions on leaders of Israeli settler groups and would recognise a Palestine state under the right conditions. Western and other nations have been taking an increasingly hard line against settler groups and some Israeli officials they accuse of fomenting violence, while …
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