By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) – As the dust settles from China’s military exercises around Taiwan, the message is clear: the military will uphold China’s claim on the island in a challenge to the United States that will keep tension high and ramp up the risk of confrontation. China failed to stop U.S. House …
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(Reuters) -An Australian economist and former adviser to deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has pleaded not guilty in a closed Myanmar court to charges of violating a state secrets law, according to media reports on Friday. Sean Turnell has been detained in Myanmar since Feb. 6 last year, a few days after the …
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By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) – A hacker has claimed to have obtained the personal information of 48.5 million users of a COVID health code mobile app run by the city of Shanghai, the second claim of a breach of the Chinese financial hub’s data in just over a month. The hacker with the username …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s cabinet reshuffle appears to have done little to ease voter concerns amidst anger about the ruling party’s ties to the Unification Church, opinion polls conducted by media groups indicated on Friday. Links to the church, founded in South Korea in the 1950s and famous for its mass weddings, …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A few cities in China’s tourism hub Hainan extended lockdowns on Friday, with some of the measures expected to last through the weekend, while Lhasa in Tibet also tightened restrictions, among the latest curbs to contain COVID clusters in the country. Under the “dynamic COVID zero” policy that aims at quickly stopping …
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By Greg Torode and Idrees Ali HONG KONG/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – While China’s expanded drills surrounding Taiwan have marked an unprecedented military and political warning against outside interference over the island, they opened a window to gather intelligence for the United States and its allies. The four days of intense drills last week – and extended …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday he will instruct his government to come up with additional measures to cushion the economic blow from rising energy and food prices. Kishida said he will issue the order at a meeting of a government panel on Monday that will discuss measures to help …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s central bank on Friday said the nation’s payment systems remain secure despite a potential data breach announced by payment gateway service provider iPay88 (M) Sdn. Bhd. “The breach originated from and is confined to iPay88’s payment card systems and does not involve vulnerabilities in the banks’ systems,” Bank Negara Malaysia …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -China and South Korea clashed on Thursday over a U.S. missile defence shield, threatening to undermine efforts by the new government in Seoul to overcome longstanding security differences. The disagreement over the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system installed in South Korea emerged after an apparently smooth first visit …
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By Augustas Stankevicius VILNIUS (Reuters) – Latvia and Estonia have withdrawn from a cooperation framework between China and over a dozen Central and Eastern European countries on Thursday, following in the footsteps of Lithuania which withdrew last May. The move comes during Western criticism towards China for escalating military pressure on Taiwan, a democratically-ruled island …
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