TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s digital minister Taro Kono plans to announce his candidacy on Aug. 26 for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership election next month to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, NTV said on Monday. Kishida will step down in September, ending a three-year term as leader of the world’s fourth-largest economy. (Reporting by …
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BAKU (Reuters) – Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Monday discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin his concern over what he said was the “catastrophic” shrinking of the Caspian Sea, and said that the two had agreed to analyse the situation. The Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water in the world, lies between Azerbaijan …
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BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines and China accused each other on Monday of ramming vessels and performing dangerous manoeuvres in the South China Sea, the latest flare-up after the two nations agreed last month to try to manage disagreements at sea. China’s Coast Guard said in a statement a Philippine vessel which had ignored its repeated …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s cabinet has approved five nuclear power projects in a cabinet meeting hosted by Premier Li Qiang on Monday, state news agency Xinhua reported. The approved projects include the first phase of Jiangsu Xuwei developed by a subsidiary under China National Nuclear Power. That project, with designed capacity of 2,866 megawatts, is …
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By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -China and Vietnam signed 14 documents spanning cross-border railways to crocodile exports on Monday, after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Vietnam’s new leader To Lam in Beijing. Lam’s visit to Beijing, his first overseas trip since he was appointed party chief early this month, signals a desire to strengthen …
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By Stefanno Sulaiman and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) -Outgoing Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday appointed new cabinet ministers with close ties to his successor Prabowo Subianto, in a move aimed at smoothing the transition of power two months ahead of his departure. Defence Minister Prabowo won the February election by a massive margin with …
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By Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) -Two German warships await orders from Berlin, their commander said, to determine whether next month they will be the first German naval vessels in decades to pass through the Taiwan Strait, drawing a rebuke from Beijing. While the U.S. and other nations, including Canada, have sent warships through the narrow …
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By Mandy Leong SANDAKAN, Malaysia (Reuters) – Companies that import palm oil from Malaysia will be able to adopt orangutans but they will not be able to leave the country, the commodities minister said on Sunday, in a revised version of a conservation scheme announced earlier this year. Plantations and Commodities Minister Johari Abdul Ghani …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s government and official sporting bodies have condemned fans for using social media to attack and spread rumours about the country’s Olympians and said the behaviour had an extremely negative impact on athletes, coaches and their families. China’s Ministry of Public Security said it would crack down on “illegal and criminal …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Paetongtarn Shinawatra was endorsed as prime minister by Thailand’s king on Sunday, two days after parliament elected her, paving the way for her to form a cabinet in the coming weeks. Paetongtarn, 37, becomes Thailand’s youngest prime minister just days after ally Srettha Thavisin was dismissed as premier by the Constitutional Court, a …
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