TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan should pay the United States for its defence as it does not give the country anything, U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said in an interview published on Tuesday. Here are some facts on the relationship between Taiwan and the United States: HISTORY AND CURRENT STATE OF DEFENCE TIES During the …
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By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thai police are investigating the deaths of six foreign nationals whose bodies were found in a room at an upmarket hotel in Bangkok on Tuesday, including looking for a seventh person in connection with the incident. All six, who were of Vietnamese descent, with two carrying U.S. …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -At least five people were killed and scores injured across Bangladesh on Tuesday as young government supporters and police firing tear gas clashed with students protesting against a quota system for government jobs, police said. Tens of thousands of students joined nationwide protests for a second day after more than …
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By Joyce Lee and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -A senior North Korean diplomat based in Cuba defected with his wife and child to South Korea in November, South Korean media reports said on Tuesday, the highest-ranking North Korean diplomat to escape to the South since 2016. Before fleeing to the South, Ri Il Kyu, 52, …
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By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan plans to increase jet fuel production and imports to address a pick up in demand from flights amid a boom in tourism, according to a draft government plan presented on Tuesday. The initiative aims to tackle a recent jet fuel shortage affecting commercial flights, which has hindered the …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Malaysian court will hear jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s appeal against the dismissal of his legal bid to serve his sentence under house arrest on Oct. 7, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Earlier this month, the Kuala Lumpur High Court had dismissed Najib’s legal bid to obtain a document …
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KARACHI (Reuters) – Islamist militants attacked a military base in northwestern Pakistan, killing eight security personnel, the military said on Tuesday, after a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into a perimeter wall. In the ensuing operation, security forces killed all 10 assailants targeting the base in Bannu, on the border with the …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -A small town in China’s Henan was lashed by almost a year’s worth of rain in one day as the extreme storms that battered the south this summer shift to the central and northern provinces. As of 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) on Tuesday, 606.7mm (24 inches) of rainfall had been logged in Dafengying …
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ASTANA (Reuters) – The government of Kazakhstan and Moldovan businessman Anatolie Stati have ended a lengthy legal battle that at one point saw the assets of the Kazakh sovereign fund frozen in the West, the justice ministry said on Tuesday. It gave no details of the settlement, but said it would require no extra budget …
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By Liangping Gao and Marius Zaharia BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – After Beijing ordered Chinese cities to buy newly-completed apartments and turn them into affordable housing, the first steps they took were to unveil plans to broaden eligibility for subsidies and fix other economic headaches in the process. Chinese leaders issued the directive in May, aiming …
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