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China provinces top list of world’s most climate-vulnerable regions – data

20 Feb 2023 20 Feb 2023

By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China is home to 16 of the 20 global regions most vulnerable to climate change, according to data published on Monday, with some of the world’s most important manufacturing hubs at risk from rising water levels and extreme weather. Climate risk specialists XDI assessed more than 2,600 regions worldwide, …

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U.S. stages joint air exercises with Asian allies after North Korea’s ICBM launch

19 Feb 2023 19 Feb 2023

By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States held joint air exercises bilaterally with South Korea and Japan involving strategic bombers on Sunday, a day after North Korea fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a “sudden launching drill”. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the exercise, in which South Korea’s F-35A, …

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Chinese officials arrive in Taiwan on first post-pandemic visit

19 Feb 2023 19 Feb 2023

(This Feb. 18 story has been corrected to fix the family name to Li, not Lu, in paragraphs 2 and 3) TAIPEI (Reuters) – A group of Chinese officials arrived in Taiwan on Saturday on the first visit in three years since the COVID-19 pandemic began, to attend a cultural event at a time of …

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Indonesia to repatriate alleged drug trafficker to Italy

19 Feb 2023 19 Feb 2023

NUSA DUA, Bali, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities will repatriate alleged drug trafficker Antonio Strangio, an Italian and Australian dual national who was detained in Bali earlier this month, to Italy on Sunday, authorities said. Interpol issued a red notice for Strangio, 32, in 2016 over the sale of 160 kilograms of marijuana and links …

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In meeting, Blinken warns China’s Wang Yi against aiding Russia in Ukraine

19 Feb 2023 19 Feb 2023

By Humeyra Pamuk and Michael Martina MUNICH (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday warned top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi of consequences should China provide material support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying in an interview after the two met that Washington was concerned Beijing was considering supplying weapons to Moscow. The top …

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China warns U.S. to suffer ‘consequences’ if it escalates balloon incident

19 Feb 2023 19 Feb 2023

BEIJING (Reuters) – China warned the United States on Sunday it would “bear all the consequences” if it escalated the controversy over a Chinese balloon that the U.S. military shot down this month. Beijing will “follow through to the end” in the event “the U.S. insists on taking advantage of the issue”, the foreign ministry …

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South Korea, U.S. stage combined air drill in response to North Korea missile launch

19 Feb 2023 19 Feb 2023

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States held a combined air drill involving a U.S. strategic bomber on Sunday in response to North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on Saturday, South Korea’s military said. (Reporting by Soo-hyang Choi; Editing by William Mallard)

Exclusive-Daughter of Thaksin banking on nostalgia to win Thailand election

19 Feb 2023 19 Feb 2023

By Juarawee Kittisilpa AMNAT CHAROEN, Thailand (Reuters) – Touting her billionaire family’s legacy of populism and massive election victories, Thailand’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra is emerging as the candidate to beat in upcoming polls, betting that nostalgia can win millions of working class votes. Paetongtarn, 36, is campaigning hard in the vote-rich rural strongholds of the Shinawatra …

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Japan, South Korea foreign ministers meet on sidelines of Munich Security Conference

19 Feb 2023 19 Feb 2023

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi met his South Korean counterpart Park Jin on Saturday and reiterated the need for continued communications between the two countries to return to a “healthy relationship”. Meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, the two foreign ministers agreed to “close communications between the two countries …

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North Korean leader Kim’s daughter appears at sports event

18 Feb 2023 18 Feb 2023

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter watched a sports event attended by government officials on Friday, according to state media, the first time the girl has been seen at a non-military event. The daughter, often described by state media as Kim’s “beloved child” or “respected child” has been seen …

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