SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired more than 100 rounds of artillery on Wednesday from its east coast into a military buffer zone established in a military agreement with the South, South Korea’s military said. The firing is a violation of the 2018 agreement, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, and came after the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -North Korea on Tuesday again demanded that the United States and South Korea halt joint military exercises, saying such “rashness and provocation can be no longer tolerated,” while the White House said concern remains high about the potential for a North Korean nuclear test. The United States and South Korea began one of …
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By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday issued sanctions targeting Islamic State in Somalia, designating members of the group and others it accused of being involved in a “terrorist weapons trafficking network” in Eastern Africa. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said several of the people designated in Tuesday’s action have …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese officials are still working to arrange a face-to-face meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Bali later this month, the White House said on Tuesday. National security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that staff-level work is ongoing to set up a …
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By Soo-hyang Choi and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea moved to calm public outrage on Tuesday over a Halloween party crush that killed more than 150 people, most of them young, promising a speedy and intensive inquiry and calling for tough new safety measures to prevent similar disasters. The death toll from the crush …
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By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – Transcripts of the 11 emergency calls made in the hours and minutes before a Halloween party crush killed more than 150 people in Seoul reveal the growing fear of revellers and how they had urged the police to intervene. The transcripts of emergency calls released by the police showed …
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By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) – China released its first action plan dedicated to virtual reality on Tuesday, with an aim its industry ship more than 25 million devices with a value exceeding 350 billion yuan ($48.20 billion) by 2026. It was published by five ministries in Beijing, led by the Ministry of Industry …
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(Reuters) – Hong Kong authorities were expected to issue the third highest strong wind warning on Wednesday, which would close financial markets, schools and businesses, as Tropical Storm Nalgae heads across the South China Sea. However, a high-profile conference with senior Wall Street executives will go ahead as planned, organisers said. Nalgae caused at least …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China has allowed the import of wheat flour from Belarus from Nov. 1 if it meets inspection and quarantine requirements, China’s customs said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
TOKYO (Reuters) – Former Japanese premier Taro Aso, now vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will travel to South Korea on Wednesday for a potential meeting with President Yoon Suk-yeol, Japan’s Sankei newspaper reported on Tuesday. The two are set to discuss wartime forced labour issues and normalisation of military cooperation to counter …
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