By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – New Zealand’s foreign minister said he had raised concerns over China’s recent live-fire drills in the Tasman Sea during meetings with Chinese leaders on Wednesday. The issue was a lack of notice given to New Zealand over the military exercises off its coast, Winston Peters told reporters in Beijing …
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday declined to comment in response to a question about whether the United States would ever allow China to take control of Taiwan by force. “I never comment on that,” Trump said at the White House. “I don’t want to ever put myself in that …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is exploring a resolution to its closely followed civil fraud case against Justin Sun, the Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur and adviser to a crypto project backed by U.S. President Donald Trump. In a Wednesday letter to U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos in Manhattan, …
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand and Vietnam signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership late on Wednesday, pledging to boost engagement in areas including defence and education, the said two countries said in a statement. The joint statement said Hanoi and Wellington would over the next year develop a joint plan of action focused on strengthening cooperation …
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By Yimou Lee and Joe Cash TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Taiwan on Wednesday condemned China for provocative behaviour after saying Beijing’s military would hold “shooting” drills off the island’s southwest coast, while a senior Chinese leader vowed unswerving efforts to bring the island under Beijing’s control. Democratically governed Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The Belgian federal prosecutor said on Wednesday it had started a probe into alleged Chinese hacking of Belgium’s intelligence service VSSE in November 2023, confirming an earlier report by Belgian daily Le Soir. The prosecutor added that it had received an accusation filed by VSSE in relation to the case. The Chinese …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Eighteen people were killed after a tour bus lost control and fell into a ditch in Thailand’s Prachinburi province, police said on Wednesday. “It was a downhill road and the brakes failed, and the driver lost control of the vehicle before it overturned,” said Colonel Sophon Phramaneehe, adding that those who died …
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(Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering making a visit to South Korea next month, the Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday, citing defence sources. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A ship that will hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has deployed to its Indian Ocean search zone, according to Malaysia’s transport minister and ship tracking data, raising hopes of solving one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. In December, Malaysia agreed to resume the search for the Boeing 777 that was …
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By Jihoon Lee and Hyun Young Yi SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s birthrate, the lowest in the world, rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, as more couples tied the knot after pandemic delays, and as policy efforts to incentivise companies and Koreans to embrace parenthood start to pay off. Nam Hyun-jin, …
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