MADRID (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Thursday that it was important that NATO and its allies make sure Taiwan can defend itself. “It is important that we make sure Taiwan can defend itself, we have to learn from Ukraine lessons,” she said in an interview with Spanish national TV station TVE. …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) -Authorities in the world’s biggest gambling hub Macau are scrambling to contain the city’s biggest coronavirus outbreak since the pandemic began, requiring all residents test daily and stay home as much as possible. Health, police and fire services staff are among the more than 570 infected cases, the government said on Thursday. …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government will lift a power shortage warning for the greater Tokyo area on Thursday evening, it said after four consecutive days of warnings because of a heatwave. The warning will be lifted at 6 p.m. (0900 GMT) on Thursday, the industry minister said in a statement. (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; …
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By Sabine Siebold, Robin Emmott and Pavel Polityuk MADRID/KYIV (Reuters) – NATO on Wednesday branded Russia the biggest “direct threat” to Western security after its invasion of Ukraine and agreed plans to modernise Kyiv’s beleaguered armed forces, saying it stood fully behind Ukrainians’ “heroic defence of their country”. At a summit dominated by the invasion …
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By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) – Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who will be sworn in as Philippines president on Thursday, has unveiled some of the main positions in his cabinet and wider administration in the past month. Here are some of its key members: BENJAMIN DIOKNO The new finance secretary is a two-time budget minister …
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By Karen Lema and Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) – Ferdinand Marcos starts his six-year term as Philippines president on Thursday facing a host of challenges, from rising inflation and pandemic recovery to balancing relations between competing superpowers the United States and China. The 64-year-old, who is allowed only one term in the top job, …
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MADRID (Reuters) – The leaders of the United States, South Korea and Japan on Wednesday expressed deep concern over North Korea’s missile tests and said they would cooperate more closely to address the threat posed by Pyongyang. U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol met on the …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s weather forecaster released a typhoon warning late on Wednesday, urging the public to stay away from the coast, as rain and unsettled weather moves across southern China, ahead of the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to the mainland. Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong for the anniversary on …
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By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -The nosedive in cryptocurrency markets has wiped out millions of dollars in funds stolen by North Korean hackers, four digital investigators say, threatening a key source of funding for the sanctions-stricken country and its weapons programmes. North Korea has poured resources into stealing cryptocurrencies in recent years, making it a …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – A senior Taiwanese security official has contracted COVID-19 but has only light symptoms and has not had recent contact with President Tsai Ing-wen, the presidential office said on Wednesday. Wellington Koo, Secretary-General of the National Security Council, was confirmed positive by a rapid test after developing symptoms earlier on Wednesday and is …
