By Joyce Lee and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea successfully test-fired a new hypersonic missile, state news agency KCNA said on Wednesday, the latest step in a plan its leader Kim Jong Un described as aimed at using solid fuel to power missiles of all ranges. The North is developing missiles and nuclear weapons …
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MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine court has ordered the arrest of a church founder and longtime friend of former President Rodrigo Duterte, on charges of human trafficking and sexual abuse of a woman, court documents showed. The evangelist preacher, who also figures on the most wanted list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Rare storms with typhoon-like winds have killed at least seven people in China’s southern Jiangxi province since the weekend, three of them blown out of their high-rise apartments in their sleep. The extreme weather, which began on March 31, has engulfed nine cities including Nanchang and Jiujiang with 93,000 people in 54 …
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By Nandita Bose, David Lawder and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden sought to manage tensions over the South China Sea and Taiwan’s May presidential inauguration in a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, their first direct talks since meeting in November. Biden used the call to emphasize “the importance of …
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ALMATY (Reuters) -The operator of Kazakhstan’s giant offshore Kashagan oilfield denied reports of an oil spill near the field and said on Tuesday its facilities were working normally. Globus, an ecological organisation in the Central Asian nation, said earlier on Tuesday that satellite imagery had captured a large oil spill in the northern Caspian Sea …
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By Irene Wang SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) – Across town from Japan’s Suzuka Circuit, host to this week’s Grand Prix, Kenji Tanaka has been perfecting his latest Formula One paper model that he hopes will draw international interest to a centuries-old craft. Born in the town of Suzuka, where the racing event was first held in …
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By Thomas Suen BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai LGBT activists celebrated another victory on Tuesday after a marriage equality bill overwhelmingly passed a first reading in the upper house, a key step bringing the country closer to becoming Asia’s third territory to legalise same-sex unions. “It’s like we’ve been embraced and accepted by the people in …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s commerce ministry said on Tuesday it firmly opposes a United States’ report on foreign trade barriers, which it said “listed China as a country of primary concern”. The U.S. National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers released on March 29 “did not provide any evidence to prove that China’s relevant …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police are looking into reports that an armed man detained in the country’s capital last week had links to an Israeli crime syndicate, its top official said on Tuesday, amid a widening probe. Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain identified the suspect – who was arrested at a Kuala Lumpur hotel …
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By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) -A defendant in Singapore’s biggest-ever money laundering case was sentenced to 13 months in prison on Tuesday, the first conviction for an investigation that grabbed headlines after billions in luxury properties, cars and gold bars were seized. Defendant Su Wenqiang, a Cambodian national, was sentenced to 13 months imprisonment for …
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