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BEIJING (Reuters) -China will continue to grow bilateral relations with Canada on the basis of mutual respect and equality, the foreign ministry said after Mark Carney won the race to lead Canada’s ruling party and become the next prime minister. Carney, a two-time central banker who has never held elected office, won the leadership race …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia has not yet made a decision on buying missiles from BrahMos Aerospace in India, a spokesperson at the country’s defence ministry told Reuters on Monday. Multiple missile systems are being considered by Indonesia, not just those from BrahMos, spokesperson Frega Wenas said after Indonesia’s defence minister met with his counterpart from Vietnam, …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -China will exert utmost efforts to realise “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan, but will take all necessary steps to safeguard China’s territorial integrity, its foreign ministry said on Monday. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory despite the objection of the government in Taipei. Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te says only Taiwan’s people …

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(This March 6 story has been corrected to fix the number of sizes of prosthetics to seven, not three, in paragraph 4) By Nicoco Chan BEIJING (Reuters) – Emily Yu, a longtime Beijing-based lingerie designer, has devoted some five years to developing bras and prostheses for women who have had a mastectomy – hoping her …

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MANILA (Reuters) -China should recognise that the Philippines is an independent and sovereign state whose actions and decisions are driven entirely by national interest and not at the direction of other countries, Manila’s foreign ministry said on Monday. The Philippines’ foreign ministry also said the “real issue is China’s refusal to abide by international law” …

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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s acting president on Monday ordered authorities to actively communicate with the U.S. administration to resolve any misunderstanding over tariffs, after U.S. President Donald Trump recently singled out South Korea for applying high tariffs. Trump, who has told his economic team to prepare reciprocal tariff plans by early April, said last …

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By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors will pursue President Yoon Suk Yeol’s conviction for insurrection despite a court decision ordering the release of the impeached leader from prison, the head of the prosecutors’ office said on Monday. Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung said he respected the weekend court ruling but did not agree …

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By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol walked out of a detention centre on Saturday after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision to cancel the impeached leader’s arrest warrant on insurrection charges. Yoon, 64, remains suspended from his duties, and his criminal and impeachment trials continue over his short-lived …

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