NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India will use the firepower of its navy in response to any future aggression by Pakistan, India’s defence minister said on Friday, weeks after the fiercest fighting in decades between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. Relations between India and Pakistan are tense after four days of fighting this month, which involved fighter jets, …
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung is projected to win next week’s snap presidential election, a result that could reorient a major U.S. ally on policies ranging from China to nuclear weapons and North Korea. Former President Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative who was impeached and removed from office over …
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By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -China signed a convention setting up an international organisation for mediation in Hong Kong on Friday that Beijing hopes will be on par with the International Court of Justice and bolster the city’s international credentials. The move comes amid growing geopolitical tensions that have been exacerbated by U.S. President …
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By Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner was sentenced to two years in prison by a judge in a New York court on Thursday after playing a key role in a multi-billion dollar scandal involving Malaysia’s sovereign fund 1MDB. Malaysian and U.S. authorities estimated $4.5 billion was stolen from 1MDB …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) -Four people jailed in the landmark Hong Kong national security trial of “47 democrats” accused of conspiracy to commit subversion were freed on Friday after more than four years behind bars, the second group to be released in a month. Among those freed was long-time political and LGBTQ activist Jimmy Sham, who …
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(Reuters) -U.S. trade talks with China are “a bit stalled” and getting a deal over the finish line will likely need the direct involvement of President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday. Two weeks after breakthrough negotiations led by Bessent that resulted in a temporary truce …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led a party meeting on strengthening the military on Wednesday and inspected an artillery drill on Thursday, state media KCNA said on Friday. In an expanded meeting of the 8th Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Kim emphasised that roles of party organisations carrying …
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will not tolerate “exploitation” of American universities by the Chinese Communist Party or theft of U.S. research and intellectual property, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Thursday. In a briefing at the State Department, Bruce declined to provide numbers for how many Chinese students would be …
TOKYO (Reuters) -Cambodian authorities have said they detained some Japanese nationals in a joint effort to crack down on fraud centres in Cambodia, a Japanese government spokesperson said on Thursday. Criminal gangs have trafficked hundreds of thousands of people to scam centres in parts of Southeast Asia to help generate billions of dollars in illicit …
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By Costas Pitas, Michael Martina and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday the United States will start “aggressively” revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields. If applied to a broad segment of the hundreds of thousands …
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