KYIV (Reuters) – A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) set off on Wednesday from the Ukrainian capital towards the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to inspect for damage after shelling nearby sparked fears of a radiation disaster. Russian forces captured the plant soon after they launched their Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine and …
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By Josh Smith POCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – Less than 20 miles from the fortified border with North Korea, a combined force of South Korean and U.S. troops held a major live-fire exercise on Wednesday with artillery, tanks and other weapons as the allies step up their practice for war. South Korea and the United …
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By Tony Munroe and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s ruling Communist Party will hold its five-yearly congress beginning on Oct. 16, with Xi Jinping poised to secure an historic third leadership term and cement his place as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. The Politburo announced on Tuesday the start date for …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – A trip to the United States by the head of Taiwan’s China-policy making Mainland Affairs Council has been delayed due to important domestic matters he has to handle, his office said on Wednesday. The Mainland Affairs Council said its minister Chiu Tai-san’s Sept. 6’s Brookings Institution think-tank event would be postponed, but …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will further ease border controls from Sept. 7 by raising the ceiling for daily entrants to 50,000 and freeing up entry for travellers from all countries on package tours without the need for guides, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters after returning to work from a COVID-19 …
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By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) – Celebratory fireworks lit up the Kabul sky on Tuesday night on the first anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, which the Taliban are marking as ‘Freedom Day’. The withdrawal, completed a minute before midnight local time on Aug. 30, came as the war-torn country was …
By Ben Blanchard and Roger Tung PENGHU, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan fired warning shots at a Chinese drone which buzzed an offshore islet on Tuesday shortly after President Tsai Ing-wen said she had ordered Taiwan’s military to take “strong countermeasures” against what she termed Chinese provocations. It was the first time warning shots have been fired …
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BEIJING/SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) -Several of China’s biggest cities imposed tougher COVID-19 curbs on Tuesday, further crimping the activities of tens of millions, and sparking fresh concerns for the health of a barely growing economy. Metropolises from the southern tech hub of Shenzhen to southwestern Chengdu and the northeastern port of Dalian ordered measures such as …
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Pakistan next week following historic deadly flooding to see “the areas most impacted by this unprecedented climate catastrophe,” a U.N. spokesperson said on Tuesday. Guterres is expected to arrive in Islamabad on Sept. 9 and return to New York on Sept. 11, U.N. spokesman …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – A senior World Health Organization director has been placed on leave, a spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday, following staff accusations of bullying and other complaints. “The Regional Director for the Western Pacific Region, Dr Takeshi Kasai, is on leave,” a WHO official said in emailed comments, without giving details. Two WHO sources confirmed …
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