TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwanese actor Barbie Hsu, who rose to fame across East Asia as the romantic lead in the 2001 television drama “Meteor Garden”, has died of influenza aged 48, her sister said on Monday. Familiar by the nickname “Big S”, Hsu died on a family holiday in Japan, said sister Dee Hsu, in …
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By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s government carved out an exemption for YouTube when it passed laws banning social media access for children under 16, but some mental health and extremism experts say the video-sharing website exposes them to addictive and harmful content. Australia will block video-sharing platforms TikTok and Snapchat, Meta-owned Instagram and …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan and China need to talk to each other to achieve peace given the “multifold changes” in the international situation, Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te said on Monday, calling for dialogue instead of confrontation. Lai, who China detests as a “separatist”, has repeatedly called for talks with Beijing, which has stepped up its …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea on Monday criticised U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for calling it a “rogue state” in a media interview, saying his comments do not help U.S. interests, state media KCNA said. North Korea’s foreign ministry said the country will respond strongly to hostile U.S. provocations, KCNA reported. It is North Korea’s …
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PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino in talks on Sunday that President Donald Trump has determined China’s influence threatens the Panama Canal and that immediate changes were needed or the U.S. would act, a State Department spokesperson said. The Panamanian government has vehemently denied ceding …
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(Reuters) – The Bangladesh Football Federation has set up a committee after more than a dozen women’s national team players refused to train under coach Peter Butler and accused him of inappropriate behaviour, the BFF’s women’s committee’s chief said on Saturday. In an open letter to the media, the group of players led by captain …
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By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Eighteen paramilitary soldiers and 24 militants were killed in fighting in south-western Pakistan, the military’s media wing said in a statement on Saturday. The militants had tried to set up roadblocks overnight in the restive province of Balochistan and most of the deaths had taken place as security forces removed …
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By Irene Wang and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Visitors can step back in time to Japan’s samurai era in an new Tokyo exhibition that uses cutting-edge technology to bring to life the work of iconic artist Hokusai. “Hokusai: Another Story in Tokyo” marks the latest in a series of immersive attractions that have sprung …
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By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India is concerned recent trade pacts signed by the Maldives will likely hurt the archipelago’s cash-strapped economy, the Indian foreign ministry said on Friday, in a reference to agreements between the Maldives and China, as well as Turkey. China and India both vie for influence in the strategically located …
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will visit him next week at the White House and he looks forward to the conversation. “They’re coming in to speak to me and I’m looking forward to it,” Trump told …
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