By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government and people cheered the record trophy haul for period drama “Shogun” at the Emmy Awards as yet another win for their history and culture, which are becoming increasingly popular with tourists and international audiences alike. The historical epic set in Imperial Japan claimed 19 awards, the most …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – The launch of Thailand’s $13.5 billion handout programme later this month is certain to give a lift to the economy, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Tuesday, as her government promised more stimulus measures ahead. The government will distribute about 145 billion baht ($4.36 billion) or a third of the overall amount …
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By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – Less than two months ahead of the COP29 United Nations Climate Summit, the Azerbaijani leadership laid out its plans on Tuesday for what it hoped to achieve, as countries continue to wrestle with how to raise ambitions for a new financing target. The main task for the November summit …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. State Department said on Monday it approved a possible foreign military sale to Taiwan of spare parts valued at about $228 million, which Taiwan’s military said will help maintain combat readiness in the face of China’s grey zone intrusions. The return, repair and reshipment of spare parts will be transferred from U.S. …
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By Nikunj Ohri NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India will conduct its much-delayed national census soon, Interior Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday, after a delay of about three years. The once-in-a-decade survey was due in 2021 but was delayed by the pandemic and technical and logistical hurdles. Reuters last month reported that India was likely to …
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By Gerry Doyle and Mike Stone SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The United States is amassing an arsenal of abundant and easily made anti-ship weapons as part of American efforts to deter China in the Indo-Pacific region and gear up U.S. forces there. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed U.S. thinking toward a new philosophy – “affordable …
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(Reuters) – Floods in Myanmar have killed at least 226 people in just over a week, state media reported on Tuesday, after heavy rains brought on by Typhoon Yagi battered the central provinces of the war-torn Southeast Asian country. Around a third of Myanmar’s 55 million people are already in need humanitarian aid, following incessant …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s health ministry reported on Tuesday one new case of the mpox virus infection of the clade 2 variety, a less severe variant of the disease, and said the patient had been isolated and was in a stable condition. The case was detected on Monday in a man who began showing …
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(Reuters) – China Coast Guard ships Meishan and Xiushan have arrived in Russia’s Far East port of Vladivostok to conduct joint exercises and patrols with their Russian counterparts, RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday. “A number of events are planned during the visit, including joint exercises and patrols,” RIA cited a local branch of …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges stemming from an alleged plot to assassinate an American politician in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards top commander Qassem Soleimani. Asif Merchant, 46, entered his plea to one count of attempting …
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