By Tom Bateman FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan (Reuters) – Japan’s majestic Mt. Fuji was some 700,000 years in the making, but on one sultry May morning, it was gone. At least on one side of a busy road, views of the 3,776-metre (12,388 foot) symbol of Japan and the Lawson convenience store beneath it have vanished, as …
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By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) – A global maritime court found on Tuesday that greenhouse gases constitute marine pollution, a major breakthrough for small island states threatened by the rise in sea levels caused by global warming. In its first climate-related judgment, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea said emissions from fossil …
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By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Rising sea levels could severely disrupt crude oil shipments and erode energy security in import-dependent countries like China, South Korea and Japan, with many of the world’s biggest terminals vulnerable to flooding, researchers said on Tuesday. Melting ice and swelling seas caused by rising temperatures could “unleash unstoppable multi-metre …
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By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -Lawmakers in Taiwan jostled, unfurled banners and shouted at each other on Tuesday in a dispute about efforts to widen parliament oversight pushed by the opposition, despite the anger of the ruling party, which says there has been no consultation. The squabble comes as Lai Ching-te took …
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HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s National Assembly said on Tuesday it will vote to dismiss To Lam from the post of Minister of Public Security, paving the way for him to be elected state president this week as part of a shakeup in the country’s leadership. To Lam, 66, has been nominated by a top committee …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday Solomon Islands’ newly elected Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele had told him the Pacific Island nation is undertaking a security review that will determine the future of policing cooperation. A security pact struck with China in 2022 by the previous pro-Beijing leader Manasseh …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Tuesday scolded South Korean and Japanese lawmakers for visiting Taiwan despite its strong opposition, chiding both neighbours for attending Taiwan’s “so-called inauguration ceremony of the leader”. Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te, regarded by China as a “separatist”, was officially sworn in on Monday after winning a January election. China, claiming Taiwan …
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By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and Britain will host a global AI summit in Seoul this week, as the breathtaking pace of innovation since the first AI summit in November last year leaves governments scrambling to keep up with a growing array of risks. “Risks such as large-scale labour market impacts, AI-enabled hacking …
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By Kirsty Needham and Layli Foroudi SYDNEY/PARIS (Reuters) -A thousand police arrived in New Caledonia from France and the streets were relatively calm after a week of unrest, the French High Commission said on Monday, but roads were blocked by protesters and the airport remained shut, stranding tourists. Blockades of roads would continue, Field Action …
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By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – India’s anti-terror police have arrested four Sri Lankan nationals in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad for suspected links to the Islamic State, police said on Monday. The arrests were made late on Sunday at the city’s airport following a tip-off, said Vikas Sahay, the top police officer …
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