YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) – Nissan Motor aims to start a small-scale driverless ride service in Japan in about three years as part of a move to use the technology to make up for a shrinking number of taxi drivers, it said on Wednesday. Nissan hopes to begin offering what is known as Level 4 autonomous …
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By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese lawmakers have expanded a state secrets law for the first time since 2010, widening the scope of restricted sensitive information to “work secrets”, according to a full text of the law published online. China’s top legislative body passed the revised Law on Guarding State Secrets on Tuesday, Xinhua state …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Malaysian appeal court on Wednesday reinstated charges of abuse of power against opposition leader and former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, state news agency Bernama reported. A Kuala Lumpur high court had thrown out the four charges and acquitted Muhyiddin in August, ruling those had not detailed his alleged offences. Muhyiddin, …
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By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will send its military and community doctors to hospitals within the next few days as part of emergency measures to support the healthcare system after a mass walkout by trainee doctors, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said on Wednesday. Han also pleaded with the young doctors to return …
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By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -The United States’ Indo-Pacific strategy is unlikely to change should Donald Trump win the presidential race in November, the Philippines’ longtime ambassador to Washington said on Wednesday. Jose Manuel Romualdez said in a speech he was in touch with one of Trump’s close advisers, former national security adviser Robert O’Brien, …
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By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea’s first spy satellite is “alive”, a Netherlands-based space expert said on Tuesday, after detecting changes in its orbit that suggested Pyongyang was successfully controlling the spacecraft – although its capabilities remain unknown. After two fiery failures, North Korea successfully placed the Malligyong-1 satellite in orbit in November. Pyongyang’s …
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By Josh Smith and Alexander Ratz SEOUL/BERLIN (Reuters) – A German delegation visited the North Korean capital of Pyongyang for the first time since its embassy was shuttered during the pandemic, as other European countries prepare for an anticipated return. A team from the German Federal Foreign Office was currently in Pyongyang on a technical …
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By Dewi Kurniawati and Heru Asprihanto JAKARTA (Reuters) – In the afternoon sun, dozens of Indonesians, mostly women, gather in a snaking queue to buy bags of subsidised rice, their arms poking through a metal gate to grab tickets assuring them a spot to make a purchase. The temporary bazaar run by state food procurement …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s president on Wednesday awarded Prabowo Subianto, his presumed successor and an ex-special forces commander, the rank of honorary four-star general, decades after he was dismissed from the military amid allegations of rights abuses. Defence Minister Prabowo, who took an insurmountable lead in the Feb. 14 presidential election according to unofficial quick …
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By Alasdair Pal and Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Tuvalu’s new government has reaffirmed its relations with Taiwan after last month’s election, Tuvalu’s government said in a statement, adding that it wants dialogue with Australia over a security pact signed last year. “The new government wishes to reaffirm its commitment to the long-term and lasting special …
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