TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese moon exploration company ispace said its Resilience lander will attempt a lunar touchdown at 4:24 a.m. on June 6 local time (1924 GMT on June 5) at the earliest, in its second attempt after the first shot failed in April 2023. It would follow the successful moon landing on Sunday of …
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By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, criticised the Trump administration for stepping up “provocations” and said it justified the nuclear state increasing its nuclear deterrent, state media KCNA said. Kim denounced the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson’s visit to South Korea …
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By Saleem Ahmed QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A female suicide bomber killed a Pakistani paramilitary force member and injured four others in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province in an attack claimed by separatists, a district official said on Monday. “One soldier of the Frontier Corps was killed and four others injured in the suicide attack conducted …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has permanently banned nine Japanese citizens from entering the country, according to a list published by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday. The ministry said that the decision was made in response to Japan’s sanctions against Russia related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The list includes Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwai, the …
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(Reuters) -FIFA has lifted its suspension on the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) after it approved constitutional amendments validated by world soccer’s ruling body and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The PFF approved the amendments at an extraordinary congress in Lahore on Thursday, fulfilling the requirement for ending the suspension set by FIFA last month. “The …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand is studying the idea of building a wall on part of its border with Cambodia to prevent illegal crossings, its government said on Monday, as a multi-national effort to dismantle a sprawling network of illicit scam centres mounts. The crackdown is widening against scam centres responsible for carrying out massive financial …
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MANILA (Reuters) -Existing defence agreements between allies the Philippines and the United States will stay intact under U.S. President Donald Trump, Manila’s ambassador to the United States said on Monday. The United States and its former colony, the Philippines, are staunch defence allies, with U.S. troops rotating in and out of the Southeast Asian country …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand has dropped plans to limit casino access to citizens with assets of at least $1.5 million because it would exclude too many people, a deputy finance minister said on Monday, as the government looks to build a major gaming industry. The draft law now proposes that Thai nationals with a three-year …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson arrived at the southern port city of Busan in South Korea on Sunday as a show of force against North Korea, South Korea’s navy said. It is the first U.S. aircraft carrier to dock at a South Korean port since U.S. President Donald Trump’s second …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand acted in accordance with human rights when it sent 40 Uyghurs back to China last week, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra told reporters on Monday. “We actually did everything correctly on human rights,” she said. (Reporting Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by John mair)
