SEOUL (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping said he was willing to strengthen strategic communications and cooperate closely with North Korea, North Korean state media KCNA reported on Tuesday. Xi sent congratulations to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the 77th anniversary of North Korea’s founding, KCNA said. “The Chinese side is ready to join …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -South Korea on Monday finalized a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would permanently lift sanctions on Iran – a move it is required to take as current president of the 15-member body – but a vote has not yet been scheduled, diplomats said. On August 28 Britain, France …
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(Reuters) -At least 19 people died in Nepal on Monday and dozens more were injured as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who tried to break into parliament. WHO ARE THE PROTESTERS? Thousands of young Nepali people, many in their 20s or even younger, got together to protest in the capital …
By Kaori Kaneko and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Ruling party lawmakers in Japan prepared their bids to replace outgoing premier Shigeru Ishiba on Monday, as financial markets recoiled on the political uncertainty and the possibility of his successors ramping up government spending. Ishiba called time on his brief tenure on Sunday, saying he was …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) -International Criminal Court judges on Monday postponed hearings to determine the definitive charges against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to see if the octogenarian is fit enough to follow the pre-trial proceedings in his case. Duterte, 80, was arrested and taken to The Hague in March on murder charges linked to his “war on drugs”, where thousands of …
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By Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Monday it was in talks with the United States over allowing the re-entry of hundreds of its citizens who were arrested last week during a U.S. immigration raid at a car battery project and are due to be flown home soon. About …
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By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s influential former premier Thaksin Shinawatra arrived back in Thailand on Monday, his political party said, a day before a Supreme Court verdict that could potentially send the tycoon to prison. Thaksin left Thailand unannounced on Thursday, prompting frenzied speculation he had fled into exile to …
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By Ethan Wang and Kantaro Komiya BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – China said on Monday it was sanctioning Japanese lawmaker Seki Hei, a China-born Japanese citizen and outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party — a decision Tokyo condemned as an unacceptable attempt to stifle free expression. A Chinese foreign ministry statement said that Seki, also known …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – The South Korean and Japanese defence ministers agreed on Monday to maintain close cooperation with Washington against North Korea’s nuclear threat and Pyongyang’s growing military ties with Russia, Seoul’s defence ministry said. It was the first official trip to Seoul by a Japanese defence minister since 2015 and comes amid rising geopolitical …
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By Orathai Sriring and Thanadech Staporncharnchai BANGKOK (Reuters) -Just days after taking power, Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul signalled through his first cabinet appointments an intention to repair a struggling economy and calm simmering border tensions with Cambodia. Anutin, who won a parliamentary vote on Friday with an overwhelming majority, has only four months in …
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