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By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that flight of a Chinese “airship” over the United States was a force majeure accident, accusing U.S. politicians and media of taking advantage of the situation to discredit China. The United States, saying the craft was a suspected spy balloon that had committed …

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By Michael Martina, Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The political uproar over a suspected Chinese spy balloon drifting over the United States did not just derail a planned visit to Beijing by the top U.S. diplomat, it also threatens to upset attempts by both countries to steady an increasingly rocky relationship. The …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin said after meeting U.S. top diplomat Antony Blinken on Friday that Seoul and Washington were committed to strengthening “extended deterrence” in relation to North Korea. South Korea has sought assurances over extended deterrence, referring to the ability of the U.S. military to deter attacks on U.S. …

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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Chinese spy balloon has changed course and is now floating eastward at about 60,000 feet (18,300 meters) over the central United States, demonstrating a capability to maneuver, the U.S. military said on Friday, in the latest twist to a spying saga that led U.S. Secretary of …

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By Christian Akorlie and Cooper Inveen ACCRA (Reuters) – Germany’s finance minister singled out China during a visit to Ghana on Friday, as he called on countries that have lent to the embattled West African nation to form a creditor committee quickly to help it restructure its debt. “I would like to call on all …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -China said on Friday an “airship” that is flying over the United States is for civilian meteorological and other scientific purposes and voiced regret that it strayed into U.S. airspace. U.S. officials said on Thursday that a Chinese spy balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days, in …

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By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – The task was daunting: find a tiny radioactive capsule that had fallen off a truck somewhere in Western Australia’s vast outback sometime in January. It was described by media and officials alike as searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack, but experts involved in the hunt were upbeat …

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