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Taiwan coast guard to harness ‘people power’ to report Chinese activity

8 Nov 2024

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s coast guard said on Friday it would offer rewards worth thousands of dollars for spotting Chinese activity at sea, including warships or submarines, saying it was harnessing “people power” to boost its own limited workforce. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained for the past five years of …

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Zelenskiy says N.Korean troops have suffered losses in clashes with Ukraine

7 Nov 2024

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday North Korean troops had suffered casualties in combat with Kyiv’s forces and that some of the 11,000 troops sent to Russia’s Kursk region had taken part in fighting. The Ukrainian leader, speaking at a news conference at the European Political Community summit in Budapest, said …

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Developing world faces multi-billion climate adaptation cash gap, U.N. report says

7 Nov 2024

By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – The amount of finance provided to developing countries to help them adapt to the impacts of climate change is far short of the $359 billion a year needed even after the biggest annual increase yet, a U.N. report on Thursday showed. Funding from the developed world hit $28 billion …

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COP29: What are the key issues at the UN climate summit in Baku?

7 Nov 2024

By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) -This month’s U.N. climate summit – COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan – has been dubbed the “climate finance COP” for its central goal: to agree on how much money should go each year to helping developing countries cope with climate-related costs. That discussion could be tough following Tuesday’s re-election of former U.S. …

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Pakistan army says four soldiers killed in firefight with militants

7 Nov 2024

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The Pakistan army said on Thursday that four of its soldiers were killed in a firefight with militants near the northwestern border with Afghanistan. Five Islamist militants were also killed, it said. The fire exchange took place in tribal region of South Waziristan, which sits next to the Afghan border – a …

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Analysis-Years after historic summits, Trump faces an emboldened North Korea

7 Nov 2024

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – Donald Trump has long touted his relationship with Kim Jong Un, but if the U.S. president-elect seeks another summit he will find a North Korean leader emboldened by an expanded missile arsenal and a much closer relationship with Russia. After trading threats of nuclear annihilation during the first year …

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Trump’s rollercoaster relationship with North Korean leader Kim

7 Nov 2024

(Reuters) – Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un traded insults and threats during his first presidency over Pyongyang’s weapons programs, although they met three times and Trump once quipped “we fell in love” after exchanging letters. But even with the three summits they held, Trump failed to persuade Kim to give up …

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Snowcap on Japan’s Mt Fuji this year is latest spotted in 130 years

7 Nov 2024

By Tom Bateman and Mariko Katsumura KOFU, Japan (Reuters) – Japan’s revered Mount Fuji finally regained an iconic snowcap on Thursday, setting a record for the slowest snowfall in 130 years, the meteorological agency said. The mountain reached the annual milestone on Oct. 5 last year, making this year’s snowcap the latest to form since …

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France summoned North Korean diplomat over troops in Russia, ministry says

7 Nov 2024

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign ministry summoned North Korea’s general delegate in France last week to protest against the deployment of his country’s troops to Russia and warned there would be consequences. “We are ready to react firmly in coordination with our partners,” French foreign ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine told reporters when asked whether sanctions …

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