WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president on Jan. 20, ensuring that a high-ranking official from a key Asian ally is on hand for the event, two people familiar with the matter said. Iwaya was invited by Trump’s camp to the launch of his second term and …
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(Reuters) – Japanese boy band Psychic Fever say they hope to perform their hip-hop and R&B-infused tunes on a world tour as they prepare to kick off a U.S. series of concerts. The band’s seven members, who go by the names of Tsurugi, Ryoga Nakanishi, Ren Watanabe, Jimmy, Kokoro Kohatsu, Ryushin Handa and Weesa, joined …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There is a risk North Korea may try to exploit the domestic political turmoil in South Korea and it is in Washington’s interest to help resolve the issue, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday. Sullivan told reporters in a briefing on the outgoing Biden administration’s policies towards Asia that …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s embassy in Myanmar on Friday urged Chinese nationals to be vigilant against telecom and online fraud after multiple reports of citizens being lured to Myanmar’s border town of Myawaddy by online scams promoting “high-paying overseas jobs.” The embassy warned citizens against falling victim to scams that could endanger their safety and …
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(Reuters) -Chinese hackers breached the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), a government agency that reviews foreign investments for national security risks, CNN reported on Friday, citing three U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The breach was part of a broader incursion by the hackers into the U.S. Treasury Department’s unclassified system, the …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The year 2024 was the hottest on record, a spokesperson for the World Meteorological Organisation said ahead of the release later on Friday of a comprehensive report incorporating the findings of several regional climate monitoring institutes. The findings, due to be released at 5 p.m. Geneva time (1600 GMT) will collate findings …
By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) – A group of people clashed with police in China’s northwestern Shaanxi province in a rare protest outside a vocational school where a student died earlier in the month, according to videos on social media. Reuters verified from several videos on social media platform X that the clash took place …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – At least 126 people were killed in Tibet by this week’s earthquake of magnitude 6.8, the fifth-deadliest since 2008, data from China’s National Earthquake Data Center shows. Quakes are common in China’s areas of Tibet, Sichuan, Qinghai and Yunnan, especially on the edges of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau above the plate boundaries where …
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By Hyunjoo Jin and Jack Kim Seoul (Reuters) -The security chief of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, under investigation for blocking Yoon’s arrest, resigned on Friday and said any further efforts to detain the ex-leader must avoid bloodshed. Yoon’s short-lived declaration of martial law on Dec. 3 has plunged one of Asia’s most …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s law ministry said on Friday it has no record of any documents authorising house arrest for jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak, as the disgraced former leader pushes to serve the remainder of his sentence at home. Najib, imprisoned for his role in a multibillion-dollar fraud at state fund 1Malaysia …
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