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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has shipped about 6,700 containers carrying millions of munitions to Russia since July to support its war against Ukraine, in a sign of ongoing arms transfers, South Korean media reported on Tuesday, citing the defence minister. At a briefing on Monday for local media, Minister Shin Won-sik …

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By David Brunnstrom and Kirsty Needham WASHINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United States on Monday cautioned Pacific Islands nations against assistance from Chinese security forces after Reuters reported that Chinese police are working in the remote atoll nation of Kiribati, a neighbor of Hawaii. Kiribati’s acting police commissioner Eeri Aritiera told Reuters last week uniformed Chinese …

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By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state-owned planemaker COMAC will conduct flying displays of its C919 and ARJ21 jets in five Southeast Asian countries, it said on Tuesday, as it looks to lay the groundwork for future international sales. Over the next two weeks, the C919 and ARJ21 jets will conduct …

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(Reuters) – The chief executive of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Suzanne Clark, is leading a delegation of former U.S. government officials to Beijing this week, the group said. The group will meet with senior Chinese government officials and local business leaders, as well as American business executives and foreign diplomats, according to a representative …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Long March 12, capable of sending bigger satellites with more functionalities into the Earth’s orbit, is expected to make its debut flight in 2024, in a year of record launch missions for the country, state media reported on Monday. Propelled by six liquid oxygen-kerosene-fueled engines, the Long March 12 will be …

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By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The parent company of Malaysian budget airline AirAsia, Capital A Berhad <CAPI.KL>, is looking to raise up to $400 million in equity as part of a planned merger to bring its long and short-haul operations under one brand, its CEO said on Monday. Group Chief Executive Tony Fernandes …

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