SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday said the government would seek talks with the U.S. administration on the tariffs Washington is imposing to reflect the interests of domestic companies. The CEOs of 20 major South Korean conglomerates plan to visit the United States in the near future, while the government …
South Korea’s acting president seeks talks with US on tariffs Read More »
(Reuters) – After sweeping the test series in Sri Lanka, an injury-depleted Australia will look to carry the momentum into ODI matches against the South Asians and build confidence ahead of the Champions Trophy. Selectors will confirm Australia’s final Champions Trophy squad on Wednesday as a bevy of fringe players look to impress in the …
Cricket-Reshuffled Australia weigh Champions Trophy candidates against Sri Lanka Read More »
SEOUL (Reuters) – A teacher at a South Korean elementary school has admitted to stabbing a seven-year-old girl who was found in cardiac arrest and later died in hospital, a police official said on Tuesday. The female teacher, who is being treated for self-inflicted wounds in hospital, has not yet been arrested, said the official, …
South Korean teacher admits to stabbing girl to death, police say Read More »
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s appointment of an army general to run the national food procurement company has raised concerns about the expansion of military roles under President Prabowo Subianto, with a rights activist saying it also violated military laws.Major General Novi Helmy Prasetya was named chief executive of Bulog, a powerful state logistics company in …
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea’s defence ministry said on Tuesday the United States is again posing a grave security threat by sending a nuclear submarine to a South Korean port and its military forces are ready to take any action necessary, KCNA news agency reported. The emergence of a U.S. nuclear submarine in the Korean peninsula …
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s healthcare regulator on Sunday defended the efficacy of off-patent medicines it had approved to be distributed through the country’s public hospitals, saying an investigation into quality concerns had found them to be unsubstantiated. In an interview with the state-backed People’s Daily newspaper, the National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) said it performed …
China’s health regulator defends quality of local generic drugs Read More »
PARIS (Reuters) – European Union authorities overseeing data protection will discuss artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek on Tuesday, a meeting agenda shows, amid concerns over how the Chinese company uses data. DeepSeek rocked global markets last month by showing it could vie with U.S. heavyweights on human-like reasoning technology, while charging much less. But some European …
Europe’s privacy watchdogs to discuss DeepSeek at Tuesday meeting Read More »
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Many of the world’s biggest polluter nations have missed a U.N. deadline to set new climate targets as efforts to curb global warming come under pressure following U.S. President Donald Trump’s election. The nearly 200 countries signed up to the Paris Agreement faced a Monday deadline to submit new …
Most countries miss UN deadline for new climate targets Read More »
(Reuters) – A street performance by Ed Sheeran in India’s tech capital of Bengaluru was stopped abruptly by police on Sunday, outraging fans and prompting the British singer to issue a clarification. Sheeran, dressed in a white t-shirt and shorts was seen singing and playing his guitar on a pavement in the centre of Bengaluru …
Police in India pull the plug on British singer Ed Sheeran’s impromptu street concert Read More »
LONDON (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi is due to visit Britain on Thursday to hold talks with his British counterpart David Lammy in a sign that relations between the countries are normalising after years of tensions. Issues to be discussed include international security and the war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s spokesman …
China’s foreign minister to visit Britain on Thursday for talks Read More »
