(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump called China’s Xi Jinping tough and “extremely hard to make a deal with” on Wednesday, exposing frictions after the White House raised expectations for a long-awaited phone call between the two leaders this week. “I like President Xi of China, always have, and always will, but he is VERY TOUGH, …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s Secretary of the Security Council Sergei Shoigu met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday in Pyongyang, the Russian embassy in North Korea said on Facebook. They discussed cooperation in various areas, as well as the situation in Ukraine and on the Korean Peninsula, it added. (Reporting by Reuters; Writing by …
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By Ann Wang and Annabelle Chih YUNLIN, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan has set an ambitious goal to develop green, renewable energy as it seeks to play its part in tackling climate change, and the banks of wind farms visible in the haze off its blustery western coast are a major part of those plans. But for …
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By Ella Cao, Florence Lo and Xiaoyu Yin XIANYANG, China (Reuters) – About an hour by road northwest of the famed Terracotta Warriors, combine harvesters send out clouds of dust as they work their way through the parched wheat fields of Maqiao village in China’s northwestern Shaanxi province. But local farmers like Zhou Yaping say …
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By Ju-min Park, Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung rode a wave of voter anger against the December martial law attempt by his ousted predecessor, but his ability to lead will be judged by the strength of his policies. Lee’s decisive victory in Tuesday’s snap election over Kim Moon-soo, the candidate …
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MANILA (Reuters) – A top Philippine senator has drafted a resolution seeking to dismiss an impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte, his office said on Wednesday, which could boost her chances of political survival after an acrimonious fallout with the president. The lower house in February impeached Duterte, the daughter of former President Rodrigo …
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By Jeff Mason and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Tuesday that South Korea’s election, which saw liberal party candidate Lee Jae-myung win the presidency, was fair, but it expressed concern about Chinese interference. “The US-ROK Alliance remains ironclad. While South Korea had a free and fair election, the United States remains …
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By Prasto Wardoyo SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) -An Indonesian convicted in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub bombings has launched his own coffee business after being released on parole, and has said he will use some of the earnings to help survivors of the attacks. Umar Patek, a member of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah group, was …
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(Reuters) -South Korea has elected liberal Lee Jae-myung as president to lead the country through a tumultuous period that will require negotiating trade tariffs with the U.S. and mending the scars from his ousted predecessor’s shock martial law declaration. Following are some reactions to his victory: XI JINPING, PRESIDENT OF CHINA “On 4 June, President …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -The United States, in its commemoration of the Tiananmen protests in 1989, “distorted” historical facts and attacked China’s political system, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday. China has lodged a complaint to the U.S. side, Lin Jian, spokesperson at the Chinese ministry, said at a regular news conference. Chinese tanks rolled into …
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