By Mark Trevelyan and Andrew Osborn (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia might supply weapons to North Korea in what he suggested would be a mirror response to the Western arming of Ukraine. Putin was speaking to reporters in Vietnam, a day after visiting nuclear-armed North Korea and signing a mutual …
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(Reuters) – Green energy company United Hydrogen Group said on Thursday it would be listing its shares on the Nasdaq via a blank-check merger that values the company at $1.6 billion. The deal with blank-check firm Aimei Health Technology will make United Hydrogen one of the few China-based companies rushing to U.S. bourses after tensions …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that South Korea would be making “a big mistake” if it decides to supply arms to Ukraine and that Moscow would respond to such a move in a way that would be painful for Seoul. Putin, who was speaking at a news conference in Vietnam, was …
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By Khanh Vu and Minh Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wanted to build a “reliable security architecture” in the Asia-Pacific region during a state visit to Vietnam on Thursday, part of a trip to Asia seen as show of defiance to the West. A day after signing a mutual defence agreement …
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By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vietnam instructed its officials to withhold information from Washington to paint the country’s efforts to tackle human trafficking in a better light, a campaign group said on Thursday, as Vietnam seeks an upgrade in a key U.S. report. Rights group Project88 based its accusation on official Vietnamese documents it said …
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By Antoni Slodkowski BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States and China held high-level talks on anti-narcotics cooperation on Thursday, following a breakthrough in bilateral work this week that saw them jointly go after a major drug-linked money laundering operation. The U.S. and China restarted talks on counter-narcotics and law enforcement cooperation at the …
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By Rich McKay and Andrea Shalal ATLANTA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday said the United States’ upgraded partnership with Vietnam does not require Vietnam to sever ties with Russia or China. Asked whether Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Vietnam to sign a slew of agreements ranging from oil and …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -The Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday that exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism the Dalai Lama must “thoroughly correct” his political views as a condition for contact with China’s central government to resume. Formal talks between China and the Dalai Lama, who fled to India in 1959 after a failed Tibetan uprising …
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By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea and Russia have agreed to provide immediate military assistance if either faces armed aggression, according to the full text of a landmark pact released on Thursday by Pyongyang after a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Hours after Putin departed for Vietnam, North Korea’s state …
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By Krishn Kaushik, Aditi Shah and Lisa Barrington NEW DELHI/DUBAI (Reuters) – China is pressing India to restart direct passenger flights after a four-year halt, but New Delhi is resisting as a border dispute continues to weigh on ties between the world’s two most populous countries, officials said. India-China relations have been tense since the …
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