LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will hold regular joint military exercises in the Indo-Pacific with the United States and Japan from 2025, seeking to boost security in the region, the British Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday. “Conducting joint exercises sends a strong message to anyone who would seek to undermine the rules-based international order – …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida promised a “new era” of U.S.-Japan strategic cooperation on Wednesday, laying out a series of projects from co-development of missiles to manned moon landings, while condemning China’s escalatory behavior in the region. In a joint statement from a Washington summit, the two …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India and China should urgently address the “prolonged situation” on their border, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in remarks published on Wednesday, in an apparent softening of tone on bilateral issues between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. “It is my belief that we need to urgently address the prolonged situation on our …
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By Jarrett Renshaw and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and Japan on Wednesday announced a joint partnership to accelerate development and commercialization of nuclear fusion. The partnership was unveiled as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was in Washington for a summit with President Joe Biden. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk and …
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(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck Xinjiang in China on Wednesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles) GFZ said. (Reporting by Devika Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Tomasz Janowski)
By Hyonhee Shin, Sebin Choi and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s main opposition party and its allies were projected to win a majority in Wednesday’s elections for the country’s legislature, exit polls showed, in what would mark a significant blow to President Yoon Suk Yeol. A joint poll released by KBS, MBC and …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party and its allies were projected to retain a majority by winning up to 197 seats in Wednesday’s elections for the single-chamber, 300-seat legislature, an exit poll conducted jointly by three television networks showed. (Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Editing by Ed Davies)
By Napat Wesshasartar LUANG PRABANG, Laos (Reuters) – Sixteen Asiatic Black Bear cubs rescued from the home of a wildlife poacher in Laos last month are thriving at a sanctuary for the endangered species, where they are being cared for round-the-clock by local and international conservationists. The sanctuary in Luang Prabang, the ancient capital of …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping met former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing on Wednesday, state media reported, the second time the men have met and at a time of ongoing tensions between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing …
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MANILA (Reuters) -The upcoming trilateral summit between the United States, Philippines and Japan will include an agreement to maintain security and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday. Marcos left for Washington on Wednesday afternoon for talks with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister …
