By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) – China outlined steps on Monday to improve family planning and parenting measures in an effort to boost the number of births, a statement from the state council, or cabinet, showed, after two consecutive years of a shrinking population. The birth rate hit a record low last year in China, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – A knife attack in China’s capital Beijing wounded five people including three minors on Monday, state television CCTV reported, citing local police. The rare stabbing in Beijing occurred at about 3:20 p.m. (0720 GMT) near the intersection of Wanquanzhuang Road and Wanliu Zhong Road in the Haidian district, the report said. The …
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By Karen Lema and David Lague MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines is confident in the continuity of U.S. policies in the Asia-Pacific region after the U.S. presidential election and the two countries’ ties will remain strong regardless of the outcome, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said. Their alliance was anchored in shared security goals and a commitment …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s defence ministry blamed South Korea’s military for sending drones into its territory for political purposes, calling it an infringement upon the country’s sovereignty, state media KCNA said on Monday. The ministry announced final results of its investigation after claiming that South Korean drones flew over Pyongyang at …
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TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan’s Liberal Democratic Party has won 64 seats out of 150 in Uzbekistan’s parliament with 42.7% of the vote in Sunday’s election, the Central Election Commission said on Monday. The National Revival Democratic Party got 29 seats, Adolat (Justice) Social Democratic Party won 21 seats, People’s Democratic Party 20 seats, and the …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s new leader Prabowo Subianto wants to complete key government and parliamentary buildings in the country’s $32 billion new capital city in the next four years, according to a cabinet minister. The capital project, an initiative of former President Joko Widodo, seeks to move Indonesia’s seat of power about 1,200 km (745 …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai police patrolled the downtown streets over the weekend to crack down on Halloween celebrations in China’s most international city. Local authorities appeared to be trying to prevent a repeat of last year, when Halloween revellers thronged central Shanghai, with some dressed in costumes that poked fun of the Chinese stock market, youth …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its ruling coalition partner lost their majority in a general election on Sunday, throwing the make-up of the next government into flux. The LDP has governed for almost all of Japan’s postwar period, but here are examples of times it has lost power or needed to rely …
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s coalition looks set to lose its parliamentary majority, exit polls from Sunday’s general election suggest, meaning a possible scramble by parties to form a government. Following are the main players in any post-election jockeying for power: LDP Having ruled for almost all of Japan’s …
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By Sakura Murakami, John Geddie and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s ruling coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a drubbing at Sunday’s national election, raising uncertainty over the make-up of the next government and the outlook for the world’s fourth-largest economy. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has ruled Japan for almost …
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