TAIPEI (Reuters) -China’s seizure of a Taiwanese trawler operating close to the Chinese coast might be an act of psychological warfare by Beijing designed to further pressure Taipei, and Taiwan is working to get the boat released, officials said on Thursday. Chinese officials boarded and then took the boat to a port in China late …
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By Kate Lamb and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) – Senior members of Jemaah Islamiyah, the Southeast Asian militant network blamed for the deadly Bali bombings, have announced they are disbanding the group, according to a report by a Jakarta-based think tank on Thursday. The report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC), confirmed …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping told a regional economic, defence and security bloc that includes Russia and its latest member Belarus that member-nations must work together to resist “external interference” and firmly support one another. “In the face of the real risks of small yards with high fences, we must safeguard the right …
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By Mei Mei Chu BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s weather bureau warned on Thursday that a prolonged heatwave forecast in the country’s eastern, central and southern regions in July may hit production of rice and cotton, as extreme weather continues to threaten its food production. The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said it expected temperatures in most …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping made a congratulatory call on Thursday to incoming European Council President Antonio Costa, Chinese state media said, a few hours before European Commission curbs on Chinese electric cars are scheduled to take effect. The Commission is set to confirm provisional import tariffs of up to 37.6% on Chinese-manufactured …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Rising water levels in the Yangtze River following intense rains in southern China have prompted eastern regions downstream to prepare for possible flooding. Water levels in the Jiangsu section of China’s longest river continued to rise on Wednesday as a result of the increased flow from its upper reaches as well as …
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By Adrian Portugal MABINI, Philippines (Reuters) – Green campaigners in a diving resort in the Philippines have come up with the town’s shores – offering to swap a bag of rice for every sack of trash gathered by local residents. Mabini in Batangas province is known for its vibrant corals and marine biodiversity, but a …
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By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) -Chinese officials boarded and then seized a Taiwanese fishing boat operating near China’s coast close to a Taiwan-controlled island late Tuesday and took it to a Chinese port, Taiwan’s coast guard said, in a further escalation of tensions. China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory …
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By Charlotte Van Campenhout AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Britain and the Maldives are allowed to intervene in Gambia’s Myanmar genocide case with the International Court of Justice, the ICJ said in a statement on Wednesday. The countries had asked to intervene in the case at the ICJ, also known as …
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -A bomb blast killed five people including a former senator in northern Pakistan on Wednesday, police said. The senator, Hidayatullah, was campaigning in the run-up to an election in Bajur tribal district along the Afghan border when his vehicle was hit by a remote controlled bomb, said police official Bakht Munir. It …
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