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Dec 3 (Reuters) – The United States has halted plans to impose sanctions on China’s ministry of state security over a massive cyber spying campaign to avoid derailing a trade truce struck by both countries this year, the Financial Times said on Wednesday. Chinese-linked hackers had previously targeted a host of U.S. and global telecommunications …

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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities on Thursday charged a former top aide to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim with receiving bribes, increasing scrutiny on the premier’s pledge to crack down on corruption.      According to court documents, Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin, who resigned as Anwar’s senior political secretary last week, was charged with receiving …

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BEIJING, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Foreign Minister Wang Yi reaffirmed China’s position on Tuesday on remarks made by Japan’s prime minister regarding Taiwan during talks with his French counterpart in Beijing and called on Paris to “continue to understand and support” that stance. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said last month a hypothetical Chinese attack …

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KABUL, Dec 3 (Reuters) – The shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C., over which an Afghan immigrant has been charged, has nothing to do with Afghanistan’s people or its government, Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Wednesday. Muttaqi’s comments are the first on the incident by the Afghan Taliban government, …

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BEIJING, Dec 3 (Reuters) – China and Russia reached “broad consensus” on a range of issues during the Chinese foreign minister’s trip to Moscow this week, amid a burst of diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine and as Beijing seeks to rally support in a row with Tokyo. Beijing and Moscow must “continue …

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