(Reuters) -Cambodia accused Thailand on Thursday of detaining 20 of its soldiers and killing another in post-ceasefire incidents, as a fragile peace held for a third day along their disputed border. Five days of intense clashes between the Southeast Asian neighbours that began last week killed at least 43 people, many of them civilians, and …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said on Thursday that a shipbuilding partnership package dubbed “Make America Shipbuilding Great Again” was key to the agreement on tariffs between the U.S. and South Korea. The partnership worth about $150 billion will be led by South Korean shipbuilders to rebuild the U.S. shipbuilding industry, Koo …
BEIJING (Reuters) -Forty-four people have died and nine others are still missing in Beijing after intense rainfall hit the Chinese capital recently, a municipal official told a press conference on Thursday. (Reporting by Liz Lee in Beijing; Editing by Sharon Singleton)
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s government put forward plans on Thursday to roll back recently imposed tax cuts, such as those on corporate income and stock investments, as the country’s new leader seeks an expansionary fiscal policy to support an economic recovery. In annual tax code revisions, the finance ministry has proposed raising …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday called for more engagement with the United States, and warned against confrontations between the two global powers, according to a statement from the Chinese foreign ministry. Wang made the comments during a meeting in Beijing with a delegation of U.S. businesses that include executives from Goldman …
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (Reuters) -German double Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died after a mountaineering accident in Pakistan, her management and local authorities confirmed on Wednesday. The accident occurred around noon on Monday, at an altitude of approximately 5,700 metres at Laila Peak, the Alpine Club of Pakistan said on Tuesday. Dahlmeier was climbing with …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -The Indian home minister’s account of forces killing who he said were three Pakistanis involved in the April attack on Hindu tourists in the Jammu and Kashmir federal territory was “replete with fabrications”, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Indian Home Minister Amit Shah told parliament on Tuesday that the three militants killed …
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -German biathlete and double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier has been seriously injured after being struck by a rockfall while attempting to summit a 6,094-metre peak in northern Pakistan, a provincial government spokesperson and a Pakistani climbing federation said on Tuesday. The accident occurred on Monday when Dahlmeier was hit by a landslide …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine has exported about 140,000 metric tons of barley to China so far in July and is likely to ship 350,000 to 400,000 tons in August, farming union UAC said on Wednesday. “For China, 500,000 to 550,000 tons of barley are contracted (for July-August). Another 350,000 to 400,000 tons still need to be …
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By Brenda Goh and Xiuhao Chen SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai relocated more than 280,000 people, halted hundreds of flights and ferry services and imposed speed limits on roads and railways on Wednesday as a tropical storm whipped eastern China with gales and heavy rain. Landfall by Co-May in the port city of Zhoushan in Zhejiang province …
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