By Syed Raza Hassan and Asif Shahzad SEHWAN, Pakistan (Reuters) -Parts of Pakistan seemed “like a sea”, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday, after visiting some of the flood-hit areas that cover as much as a third of the South Asian nation, where 18 more deaths took the toll from days of rain to …
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PINGTUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) – Tanks pounded targets and fighter jets roared overhead on Wednesday as Taiwan’s military carried out its latest combat drills after weeks of sabre-rattling by giant neighbour China. China, which claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, has been holding exercises around the island since a visit to Taipei last month …
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By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and China could all be interested in investing in a long-delayed gas project in the waters between East Timor and Australia crucial to the Asian nation’s future, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said on Wednesday. Ramos-Horta named them as potential investors as his country is pushing …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is moving towards authoritarianism, its former president said in an interview on Wednesday, after the government suspended all judges from its appeal and high courts. Kiribati withdrew from the regional bloc, the Pacific Island Forum, in July, with China denying it had influenced the …
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By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -North Korea is “always welcome” at the negotiating table even though the threat of further provocation may be looming, Japan’s nuclear envoy, Takehiro Funakoshi, said on Wednesday ahead of a meeting with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts. The three nations, which met in Tokyo to discuss their North Korea …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan said on Wednesday it is investigating the possible involvement of a pro-Russian group after multiple government websites suffered disruptions a day earlier. The pro-Russian group “Killnet” was quoted by media as saying it was responsible for attacks on the government websites. Japan’s government is looking into whether problems with accessing more than …
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By Rocky Swift and Maki Shiraki TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan further relaxed its infection border controls on Wednesday, but its insistence on visitor visas means the yen’s plunge won’t translate to a tourism boom any time soon. The government raised the daily ceiling of inbound travellers to 50,000 from 20,000 and scrapped a requirement for …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia’s potential purchase of weapons from North Korea as a result of the Ukraine war could include millions of rounds of ammunition, but there is no indication the deal has been concluded, the White House said on Tuesday. “Our sense is it could include literally millions of rounds, rockets and artillery shells …
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By Ju-min Park and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese prosecutors arrested two officials at a sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday as part of a widening bribery investigation that media said involved a former member of the Tokyo 2020 board. The Nikkei newspaper reported that publisher Kadokawa Corp paid 70 million yen ($498,000) …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he is “sure” he will see Xi Jinping if his Chinese counterpart attends November’s meeting of the Group of 20 nations in Indonesia. “If he’s there, I’m sure I’ll see him,” Biden told reporters before a Cabinet meeting. Xi and Biden discussed the possible …
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