(Fixes formatting error in link in paragraph 6, no change to text) By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held talks on Friday with counterparts from China and India, among a series of face-to-face meetings at an ASEAN defence summit in Malaysia as Washington seeks to boost its influence and regional …
Pentagon chief seeks to boost US ties with flurry of talks in Asia Read More »
(Reuters) -The United States and the Philippines have formed a new joint task force to strengthen cooperation and increase military readiness in areas including the South China Sea, the Pentagon said on Friday. The announcement followed a meeting between Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro at a gathering of …
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to pursue constructive and stable ties at a meeting on Friday that may ease fears she would adopt a more combative approach toward Beijing. The confirmation of the hardline conservative as Japan’s first female prime minister last week raised concerns that …
Japan’s Takaichi and China’s Xi agree to pursue stable ties Read More »
By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -As Air Force One took off from South Korea’s Busan airport after U.S.-China talks on Thursday, Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s Hongqi N701 limousine whisked him off to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit some 50 miles (80km) away. The split-screen moment captured a shift in global economic leadership: U.S. President Donald …
Analysis-Trump’s exit is Xi’s cue to take centre stage at APEC Read More »
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao on Thursday touted the country as an “ideal and safe” investment destination and urged nations to resist unilateral bullying. Wang, delivering a speech on behalf of Chinese President Xi Jinping at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit event in South Korea, said the world was standing at a new …
Chinese official touts country as ‘ideal’ investment, urges unity at APEC summit Read More »
By Olivier Holmey (Reuters) -In his first job interview with Reuters, Anthony Grey was asked why he wanted to cover international news. To be mixed up in important events, he said. His wish would come true – to a ruinous degree. Three years later, in 1967, Grey – by then the agency’s Beijing correspondent – …
Anthony Grey, Reuters journalist held captive in Mao’s China, dies at 87 Read More »
By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -The United States will “stoutly defend its interests”, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Chinese counterpart Dong Jun during a meeting on Friday in Kuala Lumpur, flagging the importance of maintaining a balance of power in the region. The meeting, following a September teleconference, was the latest sign of gradually …
US will ‘stoutly defend’ its interests, defence secretary tells China Read More »
By Eduardo Baptista GYEONGJU, South Korea (Reuters) – U.S. participation at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum this week in South Korea has been “very strong and robust”, U.S. Senior Official to APEC Casey Mace said on Friday. Mace made the comment at a briefing on the sidelines of the gathering after being asked about …
US official defends participation in APEC after Trump’s early departure Read More »
By Yi-Chin Lee HUKOU, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan does not want China’s “one country, two systems” and must uphold its freedom and democracy, and resolve to defend itself, President Lai Ching-te said on Friday, rejecting Beijing’s latest push to get the island to come under Chinese control. China said this week it “absolutely will not” rule …
Taiwan does not want China’s ‘one country, two systems’, president says Read More »
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Sayed Hassib ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on Thursday to extend a ceasefire during talks in Istanbul after the worst border clashes between the neighbours in years, according to Turkey which mediated the talks along with Qatar. The ceasefire began on October 19. The two countries faced their most serious …
Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to continue ceasefire, Turkey says Read More »
