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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month, CBS News reported on Wednesday, citing multiple sources. The invitation to the Jan. 20 inauguration in Washington occurred in early November, shortly after the Nov. 5 presidential election, and it was not clear if it had been …

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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two senior members of Taiwan’s government are in the United States to meet people connected to President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team, five sources told Reuters, in an effort by Taiwan to establish ties with the incoming administration. Lin Fei-fan and Hsu Szu-chien, both deputy secretaries-general of Taiwan’s …

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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s top court upheld on Thursday a two-year jail term for an opposition lawmaker on charges including bribery and academic fraud in a scandal that has deepened the political divide in the country and disenchanted many young voters. The verdict stripped Cho Kuk, a former justice minister and President …

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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s ruling party on Thursday picked Kweon Seong-dong, a veteran politician close to President Yoon Suk Yeol, as its new floor leader. After elected as floor leader, Kweon said he will prepare for “a presidential election that could possibly be soon held”. (Reporting by Jack Kim, Ju-min Park; Editing by Tom …

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By Hyunsu Yim and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean police tried to search President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office on Wednesday but have not been able to enter the main building, Yonhap news reported as an investigation into the U.S. ally’s decision to declare martial law widened. The attempt to search the presidential office …

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By Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would develop artificial intelligence with BRICS partners and other countries, in a bid to challenge the dominance of the United States in one of the most promising and crucial technologies of the 21st century. Speaking at Russia’s flagship AI conference, Putin said …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is pushing U.S. national security agencies ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration to devise new strategies to tackle the risky, deepening ties among Russia, Iran, North Korea and China, according to U.S. officials. In exchange for Iran’s help with the Russian war effort in Ukraine, Moscow is …

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