(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hit Hokkaido in Japan on Saturday afternoon, the country’s Meteorological Agency said, adding that it hit at a depth of 20 km (12 miles). The epicentre of the earthquake was off the east coast of Hokkaido, the agency said, adding that no tsunami warning had been issued. There were …
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By Raju Gopalakrishnan and Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) -India switched tactics after suffering losses in the air on the first day of conflict with Pakistan earlier this month and established a decisive advantage before the neighbours announced a ceasefire three days later, India’s highest ranking general said on Saturday. The heaviest fighting in decades between …
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles on Saturday urged greater transparency from China over its military modernisation and deployments as Pacific nations brace for a more assertive Chinese presence. Speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue defence meeting in Singapore, Marles said that while China remains an important strategic partner to …
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By David Lawder, Michael Martina and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday accused China of violating a bilateral deal to roll back tariffs and announced a doubling of worldwide steel and aluminum tariffs to 50%, once again rattling international trade. Trump said China had violated an agreement with the U.S. to …
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(Corrects spelling of ‘INDONESIA’ in media identifier; no change to story text) JAKARTA (Reuters) -At least 10 people in Indonesia’s West Java were killed and six injured on Friday following a rock collapse at a quarry, the disaster agency said, with search efforts ongoing to find people buried beneath the rubble. The collapse took place …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan will designate an ambassador to Afghanistan, the first since Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021, the country’s foreign minister said on Friday, announcing an upgrade in diplomatic ties that shows some easing of tensions between the two neighbours. Currently, Pakistan and Afghanistan’s top envoy in each other’s country …
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By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -Caught in the middle of Washington’s renewed visa crackdown on Chinese international students, Beijing postgraduate Lainey is anxiously waiting to resume the visa process to study a PhD at her dream school, the University of California. “We feel helpless and unable to do anything,” said the 24-year-old sociology student, who …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles will on Saturday highlight the risk of a new cycle of nuclear proliferation in Europe and Asia, driven by China’s rapid nuclear modernisation, Russia’s strategic ties to North Korea and lapsed treaties. The Cold War arms control framework focused on numbers, warhead types and delivery …
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By Idrees Ali and Raju Gopalakrishnan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Pakistan and India are close to reducing the troop build up along their border to levels before conflict erupted between the nuclear-armed neighbours this month, a top Pakistani military official told Reuters on Friday, although he warned the crisis had increased the risk of escalation in the …
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s left-wing presidential frontrunner Lee Jae-myung on Friday proposed amending the constitution to make it more difficult to impose martial law, aiming to prevent political crises like the one that erupted last year. As candidates entered the final stretch before a snap presidential election on June 3, Lee …
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