By Francesco Guarascio and Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) -The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday the EU wanted to guarantee peace in the South China Sea and told Vietnam the bloc could help boost its maritime security and cybersecurity capabilities. The Southeast Asian country is at odds with China over its …
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By Hyunsu Yim PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) -Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday that a security pact signed by Russia and North Korea was destabilising the region, adding that North Korea was giving weapons to Russia in “flagrant violation” of U.N. Security Council resolutions. Wong was speaking to reporters in the city of …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Foreign tour groups of two or more people from Hong Kong and Macau can stay in China’s Hainan province without a visa for up to six days, China’s national immigration administration said, according to state media on Tuesday. The visa-free policy is effective July 30, state broadcaster CCTV news said. (Reporting by …
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By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Two large oil tankers that collided and caught fire near Singapore earlier this month are afloat and anchored in Malaysian waters, with an investigation into the incident ongoing, Malaysia’s marine department said on Tuesday. The Singapore-flagged Hafnia Nile and the Sao Tome- and Principe-flagged Ceres I collided and caught …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan reached an agreement with China on Tuesday over the deaths of two Chinese fishermen in a maritime incident following months of negotiations, a move that could tone down tensions in the sensitive Taiwan Strait. Taiwan’s coast guard said a settlement had been reached for the families of the fishermen, who died …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh said it had restored internet services as conditions return to normal after students called off protests against reforms to job quotas that killed nearly 150 people this month. The agitation, which began in universities and colleges last month, flared into nationwide protests that injured thousands as security forces cracked …
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By Joe Cash and Angelo Amante BEIJING/ROME (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni discussed the war in Ukraine and the crisis in the Middle East at a meeting in Beijing on Monday, Meloni’s office said. Meloni, whose country currently holds the rotating G7 presidency, stressed the importance of China as …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former university professor in China went on trial on Monday in Brooklyn on charges he acted as a Chinese agent by monitoring U.S.-based activists opposed to Beijing’s Communist government at the direction of intelligence officials in China. Federal prosecutors said Shujun Wang, a naturalized U.S. citizen, exploited …
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QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan’s army said protesters taking part in a march in the southwestern city of Gwadar attacked security forces deployed to guard them on Monday, killing one soldier and injuring 16 others. A nationalist ethnic Baloch movement has been demonstrating for the last two days in the port city, blocking a highway to …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe failed on Monday to secure the backing of the biggest political party in parliament for his re-election bid, posing a major challenge to his prospects in the Sept. 21 vote. Nearly 17 million of Sri Lanka’s 22 million population are eligible to cast ballots in …
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