(Corrects time of occurrence of the two quakes to …since around midnight on Aug. 31… not on Sept. 1, in paragraph 4) By Mohammed Yunus Yawar and Sayed Hassib MASUD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Haunted by the fear that aftershocks could bring rocks crashing down from the mountains, the survivors of Afghan earthquakes vowed not to …
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By Cynthia Kim and Jeff Mason SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korea is moving to pick up Korean workers following a raid at a Hyundai Motor manufacturing facility in the U.S. state of Georgia last week, a Korean presidential official said on Sunday as the Trump administration promised more raids on businesses. The negotiations to release …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Pacific Islands leaders began a week-long summit on Monday in the Solomon Islands, where they are expected to endorse an “Ocean of Peace” declaration amid concern over rising tensions between the United States and China. The leaders are also expected to back Australia’s bid to host the COP31 United Nations climate summit, after …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – With Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announcing his resignation, attention turns to who will next steer the world’s fourth-largest economy. The process to pick Japan’s next leader is more complicated than before as Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has ruled Japan for most of the post-war period, and its junior coalition …
SYDNEY (Reuters) -A Korean-born New Zealand woman went on trial on Monday in Auckland charged with murdering her two children, whose bodies were discovered in suitcases in an abandoned storage locker after an online auction. Hakyung-Lee, 44, has pleaded not guilty. She allegedly killed her children, aged eight and six, in 2018, New Zealand media …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong shut schools and many businesses closed on Monday as severe Tropical Storm Tapah came within 170 km (106 miles) of the territory with gale-force winds and heavy rain bands affecting much of the financial hub, prompting the cancellation of some flights. Damage seemed minimal, with streets mainly calm and …
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By Yuka Obayashi, Nobuhiro Kubo and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigned on Sunday, ushering in a potentially lengthy period of policy uncertainty at a shaky moment for the world’s fourth-largest economy. Having just ironed out final details of a trade deal with the United States to lower President Donald …
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By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -Shigeru Ishiba took over Japan’s ruling party promising to revive it from scandal. Less than a year later he is stepping down as prime minister after three electoral losses shook the party’s grip on power. An unlikely premier who vowed to make Japan “smile again”, Ishiba won the Liberal Democratic …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea announced plans on Sunday to dismantle its prosecution service and strip the finance ministry of its power to prepare budgets, in a major overhaul of the system and ministries that will set up new bodies to handle such tasks. The reform push is part of the efforts of President Lee Jae …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s military on Saturday said its forces had followed and warned a Canadian and an Australian warship, which were sailing through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, in a move it criticised as a provocation. The People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command said the Canadian frigate Ville de Quebec and the Australian guided-missile destroyer Brisbane …
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