SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff on Wednesday said the military had detected missile activity in North Korea and was prepared for Tuesday’s launch. JCS said the military detected cruise missiles at around 3 p.m. local time (0600 GMT) on Tuesday in the sea west of North Korea. It said the military is …
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By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -A man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe admitted to murder on Tuesday in the first hearing of the case, media said, three years after the assassination of Japan’s longest-serving premier stunned the nation. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, was arrested at the scene of the shooting in July …
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(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck Banda Sea in Indonesia on Tuesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake struck at a depth of 137 km (85 miles), GFZ said. Indonesia’s geophysics agency said there was no tsunami potential. (Reporting by Mihika Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
BISHKEK (Reuters) -A court in Kyrgyzstan has banned three of the country’s top independent media outlets as “extremist organisations”, the first such ruling in the country’s history, weeks ahead of a snap parliamentary election. The decision, issued on Monday but only publicised on Tuesday, bans the Kloop, Temirov Live, and AitAit Dese outlets’ websites, the …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said he would meet with Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang on Wednesday. Trump made the comment Tuesday in an address to business leaders in Tokyo before traveling to South Korea. The U.S. AI chipmaker said last week that Huang plans to meet “global leaders and top Korean executives” when …
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Tuesday that he was not worried that U.S. President Donald Trump would “abandon” the island in his meeting this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea. Since taking office earlier this year, Trump has vacillated on his position towards China-claimed Taiwan …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s anti-graft watchdog is investigating Hou Weidong, a former Bank of Communications vice president, for “suspected serious violations of disciplines and laws”, the state broadcaster CCTV said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Jan Harvey)
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Israel is a model for Taiwan to learn from in strengthening its defences, President Lai Ching-te said in remarks released on Tuesday, citing the Biblical story of David versus Goliath on the need to stand up to authoritarianism. Taiwan has been a strong backer of Israel since the 2023 Hamas-led attack on that …
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By Jihoon Lee and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -After weeks of frantic negotiations, South Korea’s hopes of a breakthrough on U.S. tariffs ahead of this week’s Asia-Pacific leaders’ meeting are fading, as U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping eye a deal that could ease trade tensions. Trump will arrive in South Korea on …
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HANOI (Reuters) -Heavy rains over the past days have caused serious flooding in central Vietnam, especially in top tourism destinations Hue and Hoi An, the government said in a report on Tuesday. Rainfall in several parts of the UNESCO-listed former imperial capital Hue and the ancient town of Hoi An exceeded 1,000 millimetres in the …
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