HONG KONG (Reuters) -A fire broke out in a densely populated residential building in Hong Kong’s bustling Kowloon district on Wednesday, killing five people and injuring 35 others, the city’s hospital authority and fire services said. People inside the 16-storey building waved towels at windows to signal for rescue, broadcaster RTHK said, adding that the …
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By Bernard Orr BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s government on Wednesday labelled as “dangerous” comments by a senior U.S. diplomat that the AUKUS submarine project between Australia, Britain and the United States could help deter any Chinese move against Taiwan. The project, finalised by the three countries last year, involves Australia acquiring nuclear-powered attack submarines as part …
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By Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More joint patrols can be expected in the South China Sea after drills by the United States, Australia, the Philippines and Japan last weekend, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday, ahead of U.S. summits this week with the Japanese and Philippine leaders. Warships …
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By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) -An Indian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal against the arrest of opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case, an order that disappointed the opposition 10 days before general elections. Kejriwal, 55, was arrested by financial crime-fighting agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21 …
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By David Brunnstrom and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will have a fundamentally changed military command posture at Japan’s planned new military command center to allow better coordination and increased deterrence in the face of Chinese pressure, the U.S. ambassador to Japan said on Tuesday. Speaking on CNBC the day before a …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck the Northern Molucca Sea off Indonesia on Tuesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. There was no tsunami potential, Indonesia’s geophysics agency BMKG said in a statement. The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.21 miles) according to GFZ. There were no …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – China’s actions in the South China Sea were an example of it trying to gain territorial space through force, and were destabilising the region, a senior U.S. admiral said on Tuesday. The Philippines and China have had a series of maritime run-ins, including water cannon use, and heated verbal …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping plan to have contacts but it gave no time frame for a possible Putin visit to Beijing. Asked about a possible Putin visit to China, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Beijing …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s anti-graft watchdog is investigating an official of a key supplier of military equipment on suspicion of violations, state news agency Xinhua said. The watchdog doubled down this year on a pledge to relentlessly carry out President Xi Jinping’s orders to catch corrupt and disloyal officials, amid an investigation into accusations of …
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By Guy Faulconbridge, Lidia Kelly and Andrew Hayley MOSCOW/BEIJING (Reuters) -Russia and China have agreed to discuss ways to deepen security co-operation across Europe and Asia to counter attempts by the United States to impose its will on the region, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday after talks in Beijing. China and Russia declared …
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