By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The European Union plans to urge India to lower its high tariffs on cars and wine to boost trade, as it seeks to reduce its reliance on China, a senior official from the bloc said, ahead of a visit by the European Commission president to New Delhi. Echoing …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Malaysian court sentenced an Israeli man to seven years in prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to carrying six guns and dozens of bullets, his lawyer said. Shalom Avitan, 39, was arrested last March at a hotel in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, and later charged with unauthorised trafficking and …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean businessman Chung Mong-gyu was elected to head the country’s football governing body for a fourth term on Wednesday after he withstood a scandal over the appointment of national team coaches last year that sparked calls for him to step down. Chung won in the first round of the election to …
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By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s fertility rate rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, supported by an increase in marriages, preliminary data showed on Wednesday, in a sign that the country’s demographic crisis might have turned a corner. The country’s fertility rate, the average number of babies a woman …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s government said on Wednesday that Taiwan was “manipulating” possible Chinese involvement in the latest severing of an undersea communications cable, saying the island was casting aspersions before the facts were clear. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has repeatedly complained about “grey zone” Chinese activities around the island, designed …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state media on Wednesday called on the Philippines to withdraw the United States’ “Typhon” intermediate range missile from the South China Sea, saying the Philippines had repeatedly broken its promises by introducing the missile system. “The region needs peace and prosperity, not intermediate range missiles and confrontation,” the newspaper of the …
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By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s business leaders are taking action to offset the threat posed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies, hiring his former aides and lobbying Republican states out of frustration with delays by their own government which is mired in a political crisis. Trump’s sweeping and sometimes indiscriminate trade …
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China aims to effectively eliminate severe air pollution by the end of 2025, a senior environment official said, as authorities ramp up efforts in pollution control and emissions reduction in the “battle for blue skies.” China will improve its air quality forecasting and early warning systems and enhance coordinated management of …
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(Reuters) – Afghanistan’s cricketers know things are not right at home, their coach said on Tuesday, over calls for opponents to boycott Champions Trophy matches in response to the Taliban government’s crackdown on women’s rights. Some UK lawmakers want England to boycott Wednesday’s match, while South Africa’s sports minister had spoken against playing their game …
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KABUL (Reuters) – At least 21 members of two families died in flash floods on Tuesday in western province of Farah in Afghanistan, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. Abdul Mateen Qaniee said women and children were among them, adding that another five suffered injuries. The families had gone for a picnic in Kojar village in …
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