By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) -China on Tuesday expressed “shock” at the gun and bomb attack at a hotel in downtown Kabul in which five of its citizens were badly wounded and once again asked its nationals to leave Afghanistan. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack, the first on Chinese interests in …
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By Hyonhee Shin and Hyeyeon Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s military got a new recruit on Tuesday: Jin, the oldest member of K-pop phenomenon BTS, began 18 months of mandatory national service, complete with newly shaven head. Dozens of fans braved freezing, snowy weather to speed him on his way at his bootcamp in the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will hold talks to discuss the events of 2022 in late December, the Russian business daily Vedomosti reported on Tuesday. Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, told the newspaper that the date and the agenda of the meeting are already known, but an official announcement …
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia will produce drugmaker Merck & Co’s vaccines for human papillomavirus (HPV), the chief of its state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma said on Tuesday, in a bid to combat HPV-linked cervical cancer in the country. Cervical cancer is the fourth-most common cancer among women globally, with an estimated 604,000 new cases and …
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By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – The former editor of a major Hong Kong media outlet, who stands accused of publishing seditious materials in a landmark press freedom case in the China-ruled city, was released on bail on Tueesday after being remanded in custody for nearly a year. Chung Pui-kuen, 52, the former editor …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Five Chinese nationals were wounded in an attack on a hotel in central Kabul on Monday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday. The attack, claimed by Islamic State, prompted China to lodge representations with Afghanistan’s Taliban-run administration, Wang told a regular news briefing. “China demands the Afghan side spare no …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday that the situation at the India-China border was “generally stable”, a few days after troops from both sides clashed at the border. A face-off on Friday at the Tawang sector of India’s Arunachal Pradesh state resulted in injuries on both sides and India …
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By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – Boosting military spending may be Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s best hope of reviving his sinking popularity, but there is a catch, analysts say: paying for it with unpopular new taxes could undermine an already wobbly premiership. About two-thirds of Japanese voters back a government plan for the country’s …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian and Chinese troops suffered minor injuries in a clash in the Tawang sector of India’s Arunachal Pradesh state on Dec. 9, the first such incident since the deadly clash between the two neighbours in June 2020. Here is a look at the relations between the two Asian giants since the …
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By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is expected to unveil a new national security strategy on Friday along with details of its biggest military build-up since World War Two, in a marked shift away the pacifism that has dominated its political discourse for seven decades. The changes, which come as tensions grow with neighbouring …
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