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Analysis-Election shock in key US ally Japan could embolden China, other rivals

29 Oct 2024

By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – A shock election result in Japan, Washington’s key Asian security ally, and the United States’ potentially destabilising presidential election next week could provide an opportunity for China and other rivals to test Western resolve in East Asia. Analysts say China could increase intrusions into Japanese territory as well as …

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What is ‘Taiwan independence’ and is Taiwan already independent?

29 Oct 2024

By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping asked U.S. President Joe Biden last year to toughen the language the United States uses when discussing its position on Taiwanese independence, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the private conversation. Below are some questions and answers about what is meant …

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Exclusive-China’s Xi pressed Biden to alter language on Taiwan, sources say

29 Oct 2024

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Laurie Chen and Yimou Lee WASHINGTON/BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping asked U.S. President Joe Biden last year to change the language the United States uses when discussing its position on Taiwanese independence, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the private conversation. During last November’s Biden-Xi meeting near San Francisco, …

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Malaysia’s former PM Mahathir discharged from hospital

29 Oct 2024

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was discharged from hospital on Monday, his aide said, after the 99-year-old had been admitted earlier this month because of coughing due to a lower respiratory infection. Mahathir, who served as prime minister for more than two decades, has a history of heart problems and …

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China warns of deep-sea spying devices, underwater ‘lighthouses’ that guide foreign submarines

29 Oct 2024

By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Ministry of State Security said on Tuesday that it had retrieved spying devices both on the ocean surface and in the depths of the sea, including underwater “lighthouses” that could guide the transit of foreign submarines. The ministry said it had uncovered devices that had been hidden on …

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No new limits on Ukraine’s use of US arms if North Korea joins Russia’s fight, Pentagon says

29 Oct 2024

By Phil Stewart and Andrew Gray WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The U.S. will not impose new limits on Ukraine’s use of American weapons if North Korea joins Russia’s war, the Pentagon said on Monday, as NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to the Kursk region in Russia. The North Korea deployment is fanning Western …

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Japan’s government in flux after election gives no party majority

28 Oct 2024

By John Geddie, Tim Kelly and Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) -The make-up of Japan’s future government was in flux on Monday after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s scandal-tainted coalition in a weekend snap election, leaving no party with a clear mandate to lead the world’s fourth-largest economy. The uncertainty sent the yen currency to …

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Explainer-What we know about North Korean troops joining Russia’s war in Ukraine

28 Oct 2024

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed on Monday that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia and that some units have been deployed to the Kursk region, calling the move a “significant escalation” in Pyongyang’s military aid to Russia. The United States, Ukraine and South Korea have accused …

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South Korea’s Yoon says North Korean troops’ Ukraine war deployment may come sooner than expected

28 Oct 2024

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Monday that the actual deployment of North Korean troops to the front lines of the war in Ukraine may come sooner than expected. Yoon’s remarks came in a phone call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Yoon’s office said. Yoon shared information …

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Former Philippine President Duterte confirms existence of ‘death squad’

28 Oct 2024

MANILA (Reuters) – Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed a “death squad” existed under his watch to control crime when he was Davao City mayor, but gave conflicting accounts of its makeup, first saying it was run by police officers, then by gangsters. When Duterte was president, two men including a former policeman had testified …

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