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South Korea presidential candidate Kim says open to discussing US troop cost

19 May 2025 19 May 2025

By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s conservative presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo said on Monday he was willing to discuss sharing more of the cost of stationing the U.S. military in the country, which U.S. President Donald Trump has demanded over the years. Trump has indicated he wants to make the cost of basing tens …

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Fire in India’s Hyderabad kills at least 17 people

19 May 2025 19 May 2025

HYDERABAD (Reuters) -At least 17 people died when a fire broke out due to a short circuit in a building in the Indian city of Hyderabad on Sunday, officials said. The fire broke out on the ground floor and spread to the upper floors of the building located in Hyderabad and about a dozen firefighting …

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Taiwan is not ruling out ‘political warfare’ by China, coast guard says

19 May 2025 19 May 2025

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s coast guard said on Monday China could try to disrupt public morale on the island ahead of President Lai Ching-te’s one-year anniversary this week, after images surfaced on social media of a person planting a Chinese flag on a Taiwan beach. China calls Lai, who completes a year in office on Tuesday, …

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Brazil hopes China, other countries may loosen trade bans over bird flu

19 May 2025 19 May 2025

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Roberto Samora BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s poultry industry is reeling from the country’s first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm, but officials hope China and other major consumers will soon loosen countrywide bans on importing Brazil’s chicken. If the world’s largest chicken exporter can contain the outbreak in Brazil’s southernmost state, …

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In Indonesia, fears grow that dark past may be rewritten with government’s new history books

19 May 2025 19 May 2025

By Ananda Teresia and Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA (Reuters) -The Indonesian government’s plan to release new history books has sparked concerns that some of the country’s darkest chapters could be recast to show President Prabowo Subianto and late authoritarian ruler Suharto in a favourable light. The 10-volume series would have an Indonesia-centric narrative and aims “to …

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Hong Kong cinema seeks resurgence with fresh faces at Cannes

18 May 2025 18 May 2025

By Rollo Ross CANNES, France (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s once world-famous movie industry wants to bring back the heydays of the 1970s to the 1990s by investing in a new generation of directors, the chairman of the city’s film development council told Reuters at the Cannes Film Festival. “We should not forget our identity. How the …

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US Treasury’s Bessent to attend G7 finance meeting, focus on imbalances

18 May 2025 18 May 2025

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will attend the Group of Seven finance leaders’ meeting in Canada next week and will seek to refocus the group on addressing trade imbalances and non-market economic practices, a Treasury spokesperson said on Sunday. Bessent will join fellow G7 finance ministers and central bank governors …

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China sets launch of asteroid probe Tianwen-2 for late May, state media reports

18 May 2025 18 May 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) -China is preparing to launch near-Earth asteroid probe Tianwen-2 at the end of May, state-run CCTV reported on Sunday, in the country’s first mission to collect samples from interplanetary space. Tianwen-2 was transported to the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre’s launch area on May 14 and will take off after passing inspections, the report …

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British climber makes 19th ascent of Everest, most by a non-Sherpa

18 May 2025 18 May 2025

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -A British climber beat his own record on Sunday for the most climbs of Mount Everest by a non-Sherpa, making his 19th ascent of the world’s highest mountain, a hiking official said. Britain’s Kenton Cool, 51, climbed the 8,849-m (29,032-foot) peak in the morning and was descending to lower camps, …

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Exclusive-Lammy says UK, US working to ensure enduring India-Pakistan ceasefire, dialogue

18 May 2025 18 May 2025

By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Britain is working with the U.S. to ensure a ceasefire between India and Pakistan endures and that “confidence-building measures” and dialogue take place, foreign minister David Lammy said on Saturday. Pakistan has said Britain and other countries, in addition to the United States, played a major role in de-escalating the …

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