By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – A full Chinese invasion of Taiwan with troops landed and ports and airports seized would be very difficult to achieve due to problems China would have in landing and supplying troops, Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said in its latest threat assessment. Tensions between Taipei and Beijing, which claims the democratically-ruled …
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By Devjyot Ghoshal and Chanchinmawia CHAMPHAI, India (Reuters) -The former boxer said he and his comrades were perched on a hillside near the town of Mindat, in Myanmar’s northwest, and preparing to ambush a patrol of soldiers when the troops opened fire and a bullet smashed into his forearm. “I tried to run but I …
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By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will soon roll out a pilot project to use artificial intelligence, facial recognition and thousands of CCTV cameras to track the movement of people infected with the coronavirus, despite concerns about the invasion of privacy. The nationally funded project in Bucheon, one of the country’s most densely …
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By William James, Alexander Ratz and Humeyra Pamuk LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -While Russian President Vladimir Putin keeps the West guessing over Ukraine, it was the might of Chinese President Xi Jinping that garnered the long-term strategic focus when the diplomats from the Group of Seven richest democracies met this weekend. The United States and its …
By Frank Jack Daniel and Drazen Jorgic (Reuters) – A creeping barrage of U.S. sanctions on top Central American officials has made China an attractive partner for governments resisting Washington’s push to tackle corruption and democratic backsliding in the region, officials and analysts say. The trend was thrust into focus this week when Nicaragua re-established …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that New Caledonia will remain French, after a majority of voters in the French overseas territory voted against independence in a third and final referendum. “Caledonians have chosen to remain French. They decided that freely,” Macron said in a televised address. “We can’t ignore that …
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LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) – The Group of Seven major industrialized countries are concerned about the “coercive” economic policies of China, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Sunday. “We have been clear at this meeting this weekend that we are concerned about the coercive economic policies of China,” Truss said at a G7 news conference …
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By Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration will seek to bolster economic and security cooperation with Southeast Asia through a visit to the region next week by its top diplomat, as it works to forge a united front against China in the Indo-Pacific. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due …
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By Nerijus Adomaitis and Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) -People in positions of power in Russia are actively promoting the idea of war, and conflict with Ukraine is now distinctly possible, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov said on Friday. Receiving his award at Oslo City Hall, Muratov said it was common in Russia to think …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of five struck eastern Japan on Sunday, public broadcaster NHK said. The epicentre of the earthquake was the southern part of Ibaraki prefecture, east of the capital Tokyo, NHK said. Witnesses saw the quake shake buildings in Tokyo, but there were no immediate reports of damage. …
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