TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese publisher Kadokawa Corp, a sponsor for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, gave 70 million yen ($500,000) to a company linked to a central figure arrested in a growing bribery scandal around the Games, Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday. Tokyo prosecutors are looking into the purpose of the payment and the flow …
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By Lucila Sigal and Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of Argentines descended on the capital’s main plaza on Friday in a show of solidarity against a shocking assassination attempt on the country’s vice president a day earlier, which triggered an outpouring of support in a country gripped by deep political polarization …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has sent a special envoy to attend this weekend’s beatification of former Pope John Paul I, saying it demonstrates the close relations between the island and the Vatican, which has been courting China. The Vatican is Chinese-claimed Taiwan’s sole European diplomatic ally, and Taipei has watched with concern …
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By Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has approved a potential $1.1 billion sale of military equipment to Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, with China threatening to take counter measures. The Pentagon announced the package on Friday in the wake of China’s aggressive military drills around …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will host leaders of Pacific Island nations at a Sept. 28-29 gathering in Washington, the White House said on Friday, the latest U.S. effort to step up ties with the region increasingly courted by China. The summit will reflect the United States’ “broadening and deepening cooperation on key issues …
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By Tom Balmforth ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Rich countries agreed on Friday to try to cap the global price of Russian oil, while Russia delayed the re-opening of its main gas pipeline to Germany, as both sides raised the stakes in an energy war between Moscow and the West over Ukraine. Russia’s state-controlled energy giant Gazprom …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China granted emergency use authorisation to Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine as a booster, the company said on Friday, one of just two new products against the disease the country has cleared in more than a year. Livzon’s vaccine, based on the original coronavirus, if rolled out to the general public …
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By Syed Raza Hassan and Charlotte Greenfield JACOBABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – Not long ago, Sara Khan, principal at a school for disadvantaged girls in Jacobabad in southern Pakistan, looked on in alarm as some students passed out from the heat – the city was the world’s hottest at one point in May. Now, after heavy …
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By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India’s first home-built aircraft carrier on Friday, underlining his government’s efforts to boost domestic production to supply a military deployed on two contentious borders. After 17 years of construction and tests, Modi commissioned the INS Vikrant – the navy’s second operational aircraft carrier …
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By Hyonhee Shin and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean women and girls face increased pressure in providing food for their families and the state under coronavirus measures even as closed border hamper market activity and push up prices, a U.N. expert said on Friday. Elizabeth Salmon, the new U.N. special rapporteur on human rights …
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