TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Sunday he planned to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president on Jan. 20, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s government hopes to maintain close ties with its security ally. “We aim to build a relationship of trust with the Trump administration,” Iwaya told a talk show …
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By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders on Sunday to back efforts to make gender apartheid a crime under international law, and called on them to speak out against Afghanistan’s Taliban over its treatment of women and girls. At a summit on girls’ education in Muslim communities …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – New Indonesia coach Patrick Kluivert wants to lead his team to the 2026 World Cup finals and is looking for a fast start in his first match in charge against Australia. The former Netherlands striker replaced South Korean Shin Tae-yong, who was dismissed on Monday with Indonesia Football Association (PSSI) chief Erick …
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(Reuters) – South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, will not attend the first hearing of the trial to determine whether he is removed him from office or reinstated, due to concerns about his safety, Yonhap News reported on Sunday, citing his lawyer. “The officials in the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) and the police are …
(This Jan. 7 story has been corrected to fix Japan’s Foreign Minister’s name to Takeshi, not Takashi, in paragraph 3) By David Brunnstrom, Simon Lewis, Trevor Hunnicutt and Tim Kelly TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of Japan and the United States said their countries’ ties were stronger than ever on Tuesday, even after Japan’s …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – People’s Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng met his Bank of England counterpart, Andrew Bailey, on Saturday in Beijing and discussed topics including financial stability and cooperation, China’s central bank said on Sunday. Pan met top executives at HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank and London Stock Exchange on Friday, the PBOC said. The …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the government did not conceal any document relating to jailed former premier Najib Razak’s home detention, state media reported. Najib, imprisoned for his role in the country’s biggest scandal, has been pursuing a legal bid to compel the government to confirm the existence of and …
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By Hyunjoo Jin and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -The two black boxes on the Boeing jet involved in the worst aviation disaster on South Korean soil stopped recording about four minutes before the accident, the transport ministry said on Saturday. South Korean investigators previously said the flight data and cockpit voice recorders were key to …
By Max Hunder (Reuters) -Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia’s Kursk region, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, the first time Ukraine has announced the capture of North Korean soldiers alive since their entry into the war last autumn. North Korean regular troops entered the war on Russia’s side in October, according …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – A suspected hitman accused of killing a Cambodian former opposition lawmaker in a brazen attack in Bangkok was handed over to Thai authorities on Saturday from Cambodia, where he had been arrested after crossing the border. Thai national Ekkalak Paenoi, 41, faces charges including premeditated murder in the Tuesday shooting death of …
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