BEIJING (Reuters) – A Hong Kong Airlines flight from Hangzhou to Hong Kong was forced to divert to Fuzhou, in southeastern China, on Thursday due to a suspected fire in an overhead baggage compartment, the company said. The cause of the fire was not disclosed. Flight HX115, an Airbus A320, was carrying 160 passengers and …
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By Lev Sergeev and Dmitriy Turlyun MOSCOW (Reuters) – Wrapped up in warm coats and woolly hats, hundreds of people have braved Moscow’s chilly spring weather to form an orderly queue. But they have not come to see a celebrity or an exclusive exhibition. What they want are Japanese visas. With most of Europe having …
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YEONCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States wrapped up on Thursday 11 days of annual joint military drills known as Freedom Shield, which included staging a river-crossing exercise close to the heavily militarised border with North Korea. The militaries of the two countries reaffirmed their alliance and strengthened their defensive posture …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – A Russian military plane entered South Korea’s air defence zone on Thursday without prior notice, South Korea’s defence ministry said. Russian warplanes had gone into the Korean Air Defense Identification Zone eight times between March 11 and Thursday, according to the ministry. Moscow does not recognise South Korea’s air defence zone. South …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s Constitutional Court said on Thursday it will deliver a decision on Prime Minister Han Duck-soo’s impeachment on March 24 after he was suspended as acting president last year. The ruling on whether to oust Han or restore his position will be carefully watched as it comes ahead of a highly anticipated …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Thursday it would offer a visa exemption to Chinese visitors in the third quarter of the year to boost tourism amid sluggish domestic demand and ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit later this year. The move comes after China’s decision last November to extend visa-free entry to nationals from …
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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine officials on Thursday defended before the country’s Senate the arrest and transfer to the International Criminal Court of former President Rodrigo Duterte, as they faced allegations he was illegally abducted at the behest of a foreign institution. Duterte is set to be the first Asian former head of state to go …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Joblessness among youth in Chinese cities rose a second month in February, tracking the nation’s jobless rate which reached a two-year high, official data showed on Thursday. The urban jobless rate for 16-to-24-year-olds, excluding students, grew to 16.9% from 16.1% in January, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics. The unemployment …
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By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The Philippines and its allies are trying to expand the Squad grouping of nations to include India and South Korea to counter China in the Indo-Pacific region, the Philippines’ Armed Forces chief General Romeo S. Brawner said on Wednesday. The Squad is an informal multilateral grouping made up of …
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday reopened their main border crossing after clashes between the security forces of both sides led to its closure for nearly a month, officials from the two governments said. The Torkham border crossing, the main artery for travel and trade between Pakistan and landlocked Afghanistan, will be …
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