LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister James Cleverly will begin a three-day trip to Japan, the Republic of Korea and Singapore on Monday, the foreign ministry said on Sunday, as part of Britain’s diplomatic tilt towards the region. Cleverly will attend the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the trip. (Reporting …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday is under the spotlight as authorities seek to avoid the kind of security blunders exposed in his assassination in July. Abe was shot from close range by a man with a homemade gun while on the campaign trail in the western city …
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By Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia has won a diplomatic victory by securing freedom for foreign fighters captured in Ukraine, signalling the value of the crown prince’s alliance with Russia to Western partners seeking to isolate Moscow over the war there, analysts say. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may also find that the …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported 936 new COVID-19 infections for Sept. 24, of which 217 were symptomatic and 719 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Sunday. That compares with 918 new cases a day earlier – 188 symptomatic and 730 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately. There were no new deaths, the same …
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By Michelle Nichols, Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia accused the United States on Saturday of “playing with fire” around Taiwan while China said it will press on working for “peaceful reunification” with the democratically-governed island and pledged to take forceful steps to oppose any external interference, a thinly-veiled reference to …
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -China supports all efforts conducive to the peaceful resolution of the “crisis” in Ukraine, its foreign minister Wang Yi told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, adding that the pressing priority was to facilitate peace talks. “The fundamental solution is to address the legitimate security concerns of all parties and build …
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MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines’ disaster agency was on high alert on Saturday as an approaching tropical storm intensified into a typhoon which is expected to bring moderate to heavy rainfall and severe winds over a swathe of the main Luzon island. Typhoon Noru, with sustained winds of up to 120 km per hour (75 mph), …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – A lavish, taxpayer-funded funeral for Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has triggered a public backlash against the ruling party he led for years. Some opposition lawmakers are boycotting Tuesday’s state funeral and a man set himself alight in an apparent protest against the $12 million event, to be attended by foreign …
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(Reuters) – South Korea’s military has detected signs that North Korea may be preparing to test a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), Yonhap news agency reported on Saturday, days before a visit by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. The military detected preparations this week in Sinpo, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea, Yonhap reported, citing an unnamed …
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian rescuers were still searching on Saturday for at least 10 missing Chinese nationals after a boat with more than 40 people on board sank near islands off the coastal town of Sihanoukville, the provincial government said. At least one body has been found, and there were reports that Vietnamese authorities …
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