SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile toward the east coast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, following joint missile drills by South Korea and the United States and a return of a U.S. aircraft carrier to the sea between Korea and Japan in response to North Korea’s recent missile tests. Thursday’s …
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By Joori Roh, Josh Smith and Michelle Nichols SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -South Korea and the U.S. military conducted rare missile drills and an American supercarrier repositioned east of North Korea after Pyongyang flew a missile over Japan, one of the allies’ sharpest responses since 2017 to a North Korean weapon test. U.S. Secretary of State …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States accused China and Russia on Wednesday of enabling North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by protecting Pyongyang from attempts to strengthen U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. “The DPRK (North Korea) has enjoyed blanket protection from two members of …
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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Taiwan will not rely on others for its defense, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday, while welcoming a U.S. commitment to the democratically governed island’s security during what she called Chinese encroachment on its sovereignty. Tsai’s remarks, pre-recorded and delivered to a U.S. audience at a Washington …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Nuclear powers have criticized an effort led by the Marshall Islands at the United Nations to seek help on dealing with the consequences of nuclear testing, sources following the talks involving countries including the United States, Britain, Russia, India and China told Reuters. Pacific islanders, who are particularly threatened …
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday warned that North Korea risked further condemnation and isolation from the international community if it continued its “provocations” after Pyongyang flew a missile over Japan on Tuesday. “I think what we’re seeing is that if they continue down this road, it will only increase …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladeshi officials were investigating on Wednesday why power was cut to about three quarters of the country, halting the vital garment sector and telecommunications services for about 10 hours. Electricity was fully restored just before midnight on Tuesday, government officials said. “We suspect a transmission line experienced a technical …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will likely speak with South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol over the phone on Thursday following North Korea’s missile launches, Kyodo news agency said on Wednesday citing several government sources. (Reporting by Kaori Kaneko; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
ASTANA (Reuters) – Kazakh authorities on Wednesday rejected a demand from Russia that they expel Ukraine’s ambassador over comments about killing Russians, chiding Moscow for what they called an inappropriate tone between “equal strategic partners”. Russia’s ties with Kazakhstan and some others of its ex-Soviet allies have become strained during the war in Ukraine, notably …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday that soccer’s world governing body FIFA had offered to help his country to address its football problems, having spoken to FIFA chief Gianni Infantino over a deadly stadium stampede. In one of the world’s worst soccer disasters, hundreds of fans were crushed as they tried …
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