(Reuters) -The United States Department of the Treasury on Thursday issued sanctions against three individuals and a company based in North Korea and China, the department said on its website. (Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto and Brendan O’Brien in Chicago)
By Laurie Chen, Liz Lee and Xiuhao Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -EU-China trade ties have hit a “clear inflection point,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday in Beijing, capping a tense summit with top Chinese leaders dominated by concerns on commerce and the Ukraine war. Expectations were low for the summit in …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Six university students drowned on Wednesday while on a field visit to a copper molybdenum mine in northern China owned by Shanghai-listed Zhongjin Gold Corp, according to a stock exchange filing on Thursday. The students from Northeastern University in Shenyang fell into a flotation cell – a piece of mining equipment that uses …
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HANOI (Reuters) -Heavy rains triggered by tropical storm Wipha have caused severe flooding in the central Vietnamese province of Nghe An, killing at least three people and leaving one more missing. With a long coastline facing the South China Sea, Vietnam is prone to typhoons that often cause deadly floods and mudslides. Wipha is the …
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(Reuters) -A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Thursday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said The quake was at a depth of 30 km (19 miles), EMSC said. (Reporting by Rajveer Singh Pardesi in Bengaluru; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean police raided offices at the headquarters of K-pop agency HYBE on Thursday over allegations of unfair share trading involving the company chairman, a source familiar with the matter said. The country’s financial regulator has referred the chairman of HYBE, Bang Si-hyuk, to prosecutors to investigate his activities during the company’s stock …
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By Phuong Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam’s police ministry has agreed to buy two Lockheed Martin helicopters, according to three people with knowledge of the talks, in what would be a key security deal since Washington lifted an arms embargo on the Communist-run nation a decade ago. The deal would come after the …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand has recalled its ambassador to Cambodia and will expel Cambodia’s ambassador, the ruling Pheu Thai Party said on Wednesday following a landmine incident that injured a Thai soldier along the disputed border between the two countries. The Thai Foreign Ministry has lodged a formal protest with Cambodia, saying the landmines found in …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s former Prime Minister Scott Morrison, testifying at a U.S. Congress panel hearing about countering China, has urged the U.S. to “double down” on its economic engagement in the Indo Pacific where Beijing is asserting influence. Speaking on Wednesday, Morrison said economic security is the main security focus of many countries in Southeast …
(Reuters) -A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Minahassa Peninsula, in Indonesia’s Sulawesi region, on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The quake was at a depth of 147 kilometers (91.96 miles), GFZ said. (Reporting by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)
