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BENGALURU (Reuters) – India postponed by a couple of days on Monday a highly-anticipated space docking experiment that would see it become the fourth country in the world to achieve a feat essential for expanding future deep space exploratory missions. “The docking process requires further validation through ground simulations based on an abort scenario identified …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia sacked coach Shin Tae-yong on Monday with the country’s football chief saying the team needed stronger leadership as it battles for a place at the 2026 World Cup. Tens of millions of people in the Southeast Asian nation are passionate football fans, but Indonesia’s sole World Cup appearance came during Dutch rule …

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By Hyonhee Shin and Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a North Korean missile test carried out during his visit to Seoul on Monday was a reminder of the need to deepen Washington’s cooperation with South Korea and Japan to deter an emboldened Pyongyang. North Korea fired what appeared to …

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By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Cyberattacks on Taiwan government departments doubled in 2024 from the previous year to an average of 2.4 million attacks a day, the island’s National Security Bureau said, adding most of them were launched by Chinese cyber forces. Taiwan has in recent years complained about what it sees as China’s …

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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s government said on Monday it will extend the shutdown of Muan International Airport by a week to Jan. 14, citing the ongoing investigation into the crash of a Jeju Air jet that killed 179 passengers on board. The airport had been due to reopen on Tuesday following the Dec. 29 …

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By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) -The man central to blocking investigators from arresting South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has come under the spotlight himself in the political crisis sparked by Yoon’s brief declaration of martial law last month. Park Chong-jun, who reports directly to Yoon, was instrumental in rebuffing the investigators’ attempt on …

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A fire at a vegetable market in China’s northern province of Hebei killed eight people and wounded 15, state television CCTV said on Saturday. Authorities were investigating the cause of the fire in the city of Zhangjiakou, which was doused just over an hour after it broke out at about 8:40 a.m., …

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