By Juby Babu (Reuters) – The heads of MI5 and FBI warned of the growing long-term threat posed by China to UK and U.S. interests, in their first joint appearance on Wednesday. MI5 Director General Ken McCallum said the service has already “more than doubled our previously-constrained effort against Chinese activity of concern,” adding it …
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By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -A strong showing by Japan’s ruling party in upper house elections on Sunday would give Prime Minister Fumio Kishida a firmer grip on the factious party and allow him to emerge from the shadow of a powerful predecessor and define his premiership. If his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) does as …
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By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The global cost-of-living crisis is pushing an additional 71 million people in the world’s poorest countries into extreme poverty, a new report published by the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday has warned. Achim Steiner, UNDP administrator, said an analysis of 159 developing countries showed that the surge in …
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(Corrects year of establishment of DPFP to 2020 from 2000 in July 6 story) By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan holds an upper house election on Sunday that is key to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s attempt to gain firmer control of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to enable it and its Komeito junior partner …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday on relations between the two countries as they seek to repair ties that were strained under former Prime Minister Imran Khan. They also spoke about the situation in Pakistan’s neighbor Afghanistan and about the …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s capital on Wednesday mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for most people to enter crowded venues such as libraries, cinemas and gyms, the first such move by Beijing which it coupled with a slight easing of domestic travel curbs. From July 11, people wanting to enter certain public would need to be vaccinated unless they …
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(Reuters) -The Kremlin criticised Japan on Wednesday over what it called a “very unfriendly position” towards Russia, saying this hampered the development of economic relations, including in energy. Japan has joined other members of the Group of Seven (G7) rich democracies in imposing sweeping economic sanctions on Russia over its military actions in Ukraine. Moscow …
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By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) – For months, Kazumi Sato, a nutritionist at a middle school in eastern Tokyo, has received notices about hikes in ingredient prices. Mindful of the economic hardships many of the students’ families face, local authorities are loath to pass the burden of pricier school lunches on to them. For Sato, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – In China’s rain-lashed province of Henan, a firefighter inched along a taut rope fixed over a swollen river, his life jacket grazing the fast-moving currents below, to reach a woman in a car that had plunged headlong into the raging, brown torrents. The woman and a male companion were driving on an …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s main intelligence agency said on Wednesday it had filed criminal complaints against two of its former chiefs on charges of abuse of power in cases linked to North Korea during the previous administration. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said it filed the complaints with the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, accusing Suh …
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