By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Lai Ching-te takes office as Taiwan’s president on Monday, facing a China that calls him a “dangerous separatist” and has ramped up military drills, as well as a fractured parliament at home where no party has a majority. Lai, vice president for the past four years, …
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By Francesco Guarascio and Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) – Foreign investors have reduced by nearly $2 billion their securities holdings in Vietnam’s main stock market since early 2023 despite the bourse’s positive performance, with the largest outflows recorded during weeks of political upheaval, data show. The Communist-ruled country has been in the grip of unprecedented …
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By Bernard Orr BEIJING (Reuters) – After sealing pledges of a “new era” of strategic partnership with China’s Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday is set to highlight the growing importance of trade near the Russian border in China’s northeast. Putin ends his two-day, red-carpet visit to China in Harbin in Heilongjiang province, …
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By Bernard Orr, Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn BEIJING/MOSCOW (Reuters) -China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Thursday pledged a “new era” of partnership between the two most powerful rivals of the United States, which they cast as an aggressive Cold War hegemon sowing chaos across the world. Xi greeted Putin on a red …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to meet with China’s defense minister during a conference in Singapore later this month, a U.S. official said on Thursday. The meeting will be the first substantial in-person engagement between U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs in two years, though Austin and Chinese defense minister Dong …
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By Doina Chiacu and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States announced sanctions on Thursday on two Russian individuals and three Russian companies for facilitating arms transfers between Russia and North Korea, including ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine. It is the latest round of sanctions imposed by the Treasury and State departments to disrupt …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller was not on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to China because he was holding talks with the Iranian leadership, the world’s biggest natural gas company said on Thursday. Gazprom, which holds about 16% of global gas reserves and employs 492,200 people, was once one of Russia’s most powerful …
By Napat Wesshasartar PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) – Off the shore of Thailand’s resort island of Phuket, marine conservationists have released 11 baby leatherback sea turtles into the Indian Ocean, hoping they can thrive in the wild and return in two decades to reproduce. The release of the year-old turtles, each about the size of a …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin made a state visit to China on Thursday where he was greeted by China’s Xi Jinping. What are the main takeaways from the visit? * Xi and Putin declare a “new era” partnership: In a joint statement, 7,000 words long in Russian, Xi and Putin pledged a “new …
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MANILA/BEIJING (Reuters) -A Philippine group leading a civilian supply mission in the South China Sea delivered food and fuel to Filipino fishermen despite being shadowed by Chinese vessels, its officials said on Thursday, calling it a “major victory”. A 10-member team was sent by the Atin Ito (This is Ours) group to the Scarborough Shoal …
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