By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -China will launch the unmanned Shenzhou-22 spacecraft on Tuesday, its space authorities said on Monday, a move that will help return its space station and manned flight programme to normality after a vessel was damaged in early November. The Shenzhou-22 is being sent to China’s space station Tiangong to replace …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China called Japan’s plan to deploy missiles on an island near Taiwan a deliberate attempt to “create regional tension and provoke military confrontation” on Monday, as a diplomatic dispute simmers between the two nations. The remarks come amid their worst diplomatic crisis in years, after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said this month …
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By Napat Wesshasartar and Devjyot Ghoshal THA TON, Thailand (Reuters) -For most of her life, 59-year-old farmer Tip Kamlue has irrigated her fields in northern Thailand with the waters of the Kok River, which flows down from neighbouring Myanmar before joining with the Mekong River that cuts through Southeast Asia. But since April, after authorities …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North and South Korea are in a “very dangerous situation” where an accidental clash is possible any time and it was crucial for Seoul to engage Pyongyang in dialogue, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday, according to Yonhap News. North Korea is refusing to answer calls by Seoul to establish …
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By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China pitched stronger ties in its highest‑level talks with Germany’s new government as Beijing’s top European trade partner seeks to smooth tensions over rare-earth curbs that have choked German production lines and prompted calls for de-risking. Beijing has staged an uncharacteristically swift turnaround in relations with Berlin since discord over …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s Supreme Court has agreed to drop criminal charges against billionaire brothers Nitin and Chetan Sandesara if they pay a third of their dues in a $1.6-billion bank fraud, a step that could prompt other offenders to seek similar settlements. After being accused of defaulting on domestic bank loans, the brothers, whose …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said it was “shocking” for Japan’s leader to openly send a wrong signal concerning Taiwan, according to an official statement on Sunday, the latest remarks in a row that has shaken relations for more than two weeks. Wang, the most senior Chinese official to have commented publicly …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia has opened applications for a permit that would allow former Indonesian citizens to live and work in the country for an indefinite period as an alternative to dual citizenship, an official at the immigration ministry has said. Indonesian law does not recognise dual citizenship for adults, and anyone with two passports must …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during last weekend’s Group of 20 summit in South Africa, Lee’s office said in a statement on Monday. The Korean president told Li he was hoping for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) -Wu Qixiu, a former official in China’s finance ministry, has been expelled from China’s Communist Party and dismissed from public office for corruption-related offences, China’s disciplinary body said on Sunday. (Reporting by Farah Master and the Beijing newsroom; Editing by Saad Sayeed)
