(Reuters) – The Taliban on Sunday released Herbert Fritz, an 84-year-old Austrian and far-right nationalist who was arrested in Afghanistan last May. The Austrian government said in a statement Fritz arrived in Doha earlier in the day after mediation by the Qatari government helped to secure his release. After his arrest last year, Austria’s Der …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Fujian coast guard conducted patrols in waters near Kinmen on Feb. 25, China Coast Guard said. The Kinmen islands are administered by Taiwan. The coast guard said it took measures during the patrols “to strengthen law enforcement inspections in key areas, effectively maintain the order of operations in the relevant sea …
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(Reuters) – A 5.8-magnitude struck Akqi County in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region at 12:14 p.m. (0414 GMT) on Sunday, the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said. The quake was at a depth of 11 km (6.84 miles), CENC said. No casualties or collapsed houses had been reported as of 1:00 p.m., Xinhua reported citing local …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – One person has died and two more were injured on Sunday morning in a stabbing incident in a convenience store in Sapporo on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, NHK broadcaster reported. A Seicomart convenience store employee in the regional capital Sapporo told local police a man was behaving aggressively with something looking …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Saturday that ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra was happy and in a good mood but still weak after his recent release from hospital detention. The 74-year-old billionaire, whose family’s party has regained power, was released on parole on Feb. 18 after six months in detention, his first day …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – A theme park in Tokyo featuring the Hello Kitty character closed on Saturday because of an e-mailed “terrorist alert”, the operator said. “We will be temporarily closed today as we are unable to adequately ensure the safety of our customers, performers, and on-site staff at this time,” the Sanrio Puroland park said …
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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Senior U.S. diplomat Richard Verma on Friday met Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Foreign Minister Ali Sabry in Colombo, and discussed Sri Lanka’s economic recovery and progress on its IMF program, the U.S. State Department said. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT The South Asian island nation finalised a $2.9 billion …
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By David Brunnstrom and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A top U.S. official on North Korea held a video call this week with China’s envoy on Korean Peninsula affairs in which they discussed the growing military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang, the State Department said on Friday. The U.S. senior official for North Korea, Jung Pak, …
BEIJING (Reuters) – A former head of a Chinese aeronautics university sanctioned by the Trump administration for links with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has become a deputy of a ministry in charge of advancing Chinese technological innovation. Shan Zhongde, 54, was named a vice minister of industry and information technology on Friday by the …
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By Toby Sterling EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (Reuters) – A group of 60 top students from South Korean technical universities on Friday completed the first “Future Chips Academy” in Eindhoven, intended in part to help attract much-needed foreign semiconductor engineering talent. The week-long program of lectures and study was put together by the Eindhoven University of Technology …
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