By Josh Smith and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan on Thursday, hours before South Korea’s president was due to fly to Tokyo for a summit expected to discuss ways to counter the nuclear-armed North. North Korea has conducted …
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By Isabel Woodford and Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -Honduras’ decision to seek official relations with China and cut them with Taiwan on Tuesday was about “pragmatism, not ideology,” driven by rising debt and investment needs, Honduran Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina said on Wednesday. China does not allow countries to hold diplomatic ties with both …
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BEIJING/MOSCOW (Reuters) – China, Iran and Russia are conducting joint naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman from March 15-19, the Chinese and Russian defence ministries said on Wednesday. The drills, the 2023 edition of the “Marine Security Belt” exercises, will help “deepen practical cooperation among the navies of participating countries”, China’s defence ministry said. …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Forty of the 100 U.S. senators co-sponsored a resolution on Wednesday urging a strong U.S. government response to any Chinese efforts to clamp down on dissent in Hong Kong, including the use of sanctions and other tools. The measure backed by the 40 Democrats and Republicans, and seen by …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China blocked the United States on Wednesday from broadcasting on the internet an informal United Nations Security Council meeting on human rights abuses in North Korea, diplomats said. The meeting will be held on Friday, but the 15 council members have to unanimously agree to allow it to …
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By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -A Pakistan court on Wednesday ordered police to halt an operation to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan, bringing an end clashes with supporters of the former cricketer outside his home in which police fired water cannon and tear gas. Security forces withdrew from around the house in the …
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By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Human Rights Watch accused Emirati authorities on Wednesday of arbitrarily detaining for more than 15 months as many as 2,700 Afghan evacuees who have not qualified for resettlement elsewhere. Many of the Afghans in Emirates Humanitarian City are suffering from depression and other psychological ailments, have no access to legal …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea’s latest missile launches were a military drill designed to train crews to carry out their mission at any time and “annihilate the enemy” if necessary, the country’s state media KCNA said on Wednesday. North Korea fired the two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Tuesday, South …
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By Gustavo Palencia and Ben Blanchard TEGUCIGALPA/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Honduran President Xiomara Castro said on Tuesday she had asked the country’s foreign minister to open official relations with China, pressuring Taiwan ahead of a sensitive visit by President Tsai Ing-wen to the United States and Central America. China does not allow countries with which it …
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By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) – Concerned by China’s shrinking population, political advisors to the government have come up with more than 20 recommendations to boost birth rates, though experts say the best they can do is to slow the population’s decline. China dug itself into a demographic hole largely through its one-child policy …
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