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Japan may intervene to support yen any time, says senior ruling party official

23 Apr 2024

By Kentaro Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese authorities could intervene in the currency market any time as recent yen declines are excessive and out of line with fundamentals, ruling party executive Satsuki Katayama told Reuters. The dollar/yen has risen to near 155 from around 140 at the outset of this year, which can be described …

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Pro-China party wins Maldives election in landslide – reports

22 Apr 2024

By Mohamed Junayd MALE (Reuters) -Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s party earned a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, local media reported on Monday, a result set to move the Indian Ocean archipelago closer to China and away from traditional partner India. Muizzu’s People’s National Congress (PNC) won 71 of the 93 seats available on Sunday, preliminary …

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UK condemns North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch

22 Apr 2024

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said North Korea had breached multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions after it fired a ballistic missile on Monday, and called for Pyongyang to “stop such provocations” and “return to dialogue.” “Unlawful ballistic missile launches continue to destabilise the peace and security of the Korean Peninsula,” a foreign ministry spokesperson said …

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Series of earthquakes rattle Taiwan, centred on east coast

22 Apr 2024

TAIPEI (Reuters) -More than 80 earthquakes, the strongest of 6.3 magnitude, struck Taiwan’s east coast starting Monday night and into the early hours of Tuesday and some caused shaking of buildings in the capital Taipei, the island’s weather administration said. The quakes were centred on the largely rural eastern county of Hualien, where on April …

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Taiwan rattled by 6.3 magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damage

22 Apr 2024

TAIPEI (Reuters) – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan’s eastern county of Hualien on Tuesday, the island’s weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage. The quake shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The quake had a depth of 5.5 km (3.4 miles), the weather administration said. Taiwan has been hit by hundreds of …

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Ex-Japan PM Aso to meet with Donald Trump on Tuesday

22 Apr 2024

By Gram Slattery, Nathan Layne and Kiyoshi Takenaka WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, a senior figure in the country’s ruling party, will meet Donald Trump on Tuesday, a Trump campaign official said, as the U.S. ally continues to ramp up engagement with the Republican presidential candidate. Japan has been trying to connect …

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Blinken says genocide in Xinjiang is ongoing in report ahead of China visit

22 Apr 2024

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Beijing is continuing to commit genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in its western Xinjiang province, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a report published on Monday, ahead of his planned visit to China this week. The State Department’s annual human rights …

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Germany arrests three people suspected of giving technology to China

22 Apr 2024

By Andrey Sychev and Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) – Three Germans have been arrested on suspicion of working with the Chinese secret service to hand over technology that could be used for military purposes, potentially helping to strengthen China’s navy, German officials said on Monday. The arrests came a week after Chancellor Olaf Scholz travelled …

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UK police charge two men with spying for China

22 Apr 2024

LONDON (Reuters) -British police on Monday charged two men with spying for China, including one reported to have worked as a researcher in Britain’s parliament for a prominent lawmaker in the governing Conservative Party. Anxiety has mounted across Europe about China’s alleged espionage activity and Britain has become increasingly vocal about its concerns in recent …

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