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Bank of England governor to visit China with finance minister, Sky News says

21 Dec 2024

LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey will accompany British finance minister Rachel Reeves to China next month, Sky News said on Saturday, a visit intended to revive high-level economic and financial talks that have been frozen since 2019. Sky News said Bailey was expected to hold talks with Pan Gongsheng, the governor of …

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Pakistan military court jails 25 over 2023 attacks

21 Dec 2024

By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) -Twenty-five civilians were sentenced by a Pakistani military court to periods of two to 10 years of “rigorous imprisonment” in connection with attacks on military facilities in 2023, the armed forces’ media wing said on Saturday. The ruling underscores concerns among supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan that …

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Pakistan dismisses US official’s warning over missile programme as unfounded

21 Dec 2024

KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday dismissed as unfounded and “devoid of rationality” assertions by a senior U.S. official that its missile programme could eventually pose a threat to the United States. Earlier this week, U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer said Pakistan’s development of long-range ballistic missiles made it an “emerging …

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Weightlifting Taiwan granny, 90, garners cheers, health benefits at gym

21 Dec 2024

By Angie Teo and Ann Wang TAIPEI (Reuters) – Cheng Chen Chin-Mei beamed broadly as she hoisted a 35-kg (77-pound) weightlifting bar to her waist, dropped it and waved confidently to the enthusiastic crowd in a competition in Taipei. Cheng Chen, 90, has been pumping iron since last year, encouraged by her granddaughter to take …

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Rival protests over South Korea’s impeached President Yoon held in Seoul

21 Dec 2024

SEOUL (Reuters) – Demonstrators supporting and opposing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held rival protests several hundred metres apart in Seoul on Saturday, a week after he was impeached over his short-lived declaration of martial law. Yoon’s presidential powers are suspended but he remains in office. He has not complied with various summonses by …

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Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan kill 16 security personnel, police officer says

21 Dec 2024

KARACHI (Reuters) -Sixteen security personnel were killed in northwest Pakistan in an attack by Islamist militants early on Saturday, a senior police official in the South Waziristan region said, as Islamist fighters step up their assaults on the security forces. Another eight personnel were injured in the attack on a security forces post, which took …

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Kazakh president replaces deputy prime minister, decree shows

21 Dec 2024

ASTANA (Reuters) – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev replaced his deputy prime minister, who also served as economy minister, by presidential decree on Saturday. Nurlan Baybazarov, who was appointed in February, has been replaced by Serik Zhumangarin, who was previously serving as a deputy prime minister and minister of trade and integration. The decree gave no …

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Myanmar rebels say they have taken junta’s western regional command

21 Dec 2024

(Reuters) – A rebel army in Myanmar said it had captured a major military headquarters in the country’s west, marking the fall of the junta’s second regional command as it faces mounting setbacks against a nationwide armed resistance movement. The Arakan Army said the western military command in Rakhine state, which borders Bangladesh, fell on …

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Biden approves $571 million in defense support for Taiwan

21 Dec 2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday agreed to provide $571.3 million in defense support for Taiwan, the White House said, while the State Department approved the potential sale to the island of $265 million worth of military equipment. The United States is bound by law to provide Chinese-claimed Taiwan with the means …

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Seven Chinese nationals tried to illegally enter Guam as U.S. tested missile, authorities say

21 Dec 2024

By Gerry Doyle SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Seven Chinese citizens were arrested on charges of illegally entering Guam around the time the U.S. Missile Defense Agency conducted a key missile interception test using a new radar, the island’s Customs and Quarantine Agency has said. The agency said at least four of the people arrested on Dec. …

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