BEIJING, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged cooperation and trust in a meeting with his German counterpart Johann Wadephul in Beijing on Monday, and urged Germany to support China’s position on Taiwan, according to a Chinese ministry statement. Wadephul’s visit to China “should be for cooperation, not for quarrels” and “for …
JAKARTA, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Two Dutch prisoners convicted of drug offences left Indonesia for the Netherlands on Monday night, after both nations signed a repatriation deal last week. Siegfried Mets, 74, and Ali Tokman, 65, are the latest in a series of foreigners to be reprieved in the last year from death row or …
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NEW DELHI, Dec 8 (Reuters) – India said on Monday it expects China to provide assurances that Indian nationals transiting through Chinese airports will not be “selectively targeted, arbitrarily detained, or harassed,” after an Indian citizen was detained at Shanghai airport last month. New Delhi had lodged a strong protest with Beijing over what it …
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By Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Thailand’s airstrikes on Monday targeted Cambodian military facilities housing long-range artillery, after surveillance signalled that rockets, including a Chinese-made variant, could be used to hit civilian areas, a Thai military official said. The Southeast Asian neighbours engaged in their worst fighting since a five-day clash in July, …
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BANGKOK, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Thailand’s army has set a target of crippling Cambodia’s military capability with the aim of neutralising its threat for a long time to come, the army’s chief of staff said on Monday. The remarks by General Chaiyapruek Duangprapat were shared with the media by Thailand’s military. (Reporting by Reuters …
BEIJING, Dec 8 (Reuters) – China on Monday pledged to defend its sovereignty and warned against “external interference” after the U.S. unveiled a new security strategy aimed at building up military power to deter conflict with Beijing over Taiwan. Washington laid out its approach to one of the world’s most sensitive diplomatic issues in its …
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BEIJING, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Gou Zhongwen, the former director of China’s State General Administration of Sports, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve over taking bribes and abusing power, state broadcaster CCTV said on Monday. The death sentence will be reduced to life in prison unless Gou commits further crimes during the reprieve. …
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(In paragraph 2, corrects to say that Sudthisak’s remains were among 27 bodies returned; earlier story said Sudthisak was among 47 hostages whose bodies Hamas had returned.) By Thomas Suen NONG KHAI, Thailand, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Two years after Thai worker Sudthisak Rinthalak was killed by Hamas militants, his family in northeastern Thailand is …
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By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s election on Sunday saw a near-record-low turnout after the city’s worst fire in nearly 80 years prompted anger against its China-backed authorities, but voter participation edged higher than in the previous vote four years ago. Only candidates vetted as “patriots” by …
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SEOUL, Dec 8 (Reuters) – A South Korean woman who demanded money from national team captain and Major League Soccer player Son Heung-min claiming she was pregnant with his child was sentenced to four years in jail on Monday for extortion, Yonhap news agency reported. A woman in her 20s known by her surname Yang …
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