By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -The pro-Taiwan leader of the Pacific Islands nation of Tuvalu, Kausea Natano, lost his seat in an election closely watched by Taiwan, China and the U.S., results showed on Saturday. Tuvalu, with a population of about 11,200 spread across nine islands, is one of three remaining Pacific allies of Taiwan, …
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MANILA (Reuters) – Government troops killed nine members of a pro-Islamic State group in the southern Philippines, the military said on Saturday, including two suspects in a deadly blast at a Catholic Mass last month. Four soldiers were wounded during Thursday and Friday’s counter terrorism operation in the Lanao del Sur province, the Armed Forces …
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea and China agreed to strengthen tactical cooperation and defend common interests, the North’s official KCNA news agency said on Saturday, reporting on Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui’s meeting with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong. On Friday, China said the two countries pledged to strengthen strategic communications “at all levels” and …
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WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S.-China ties and Taiwan will be topics raised at a meeting between U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Bangkok, building on a pledge by the leaders of the world’s two largest economies to deepen dialogue. “During the new round of meetings, (Wang) will state China’s position …
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By Ari Rabinovitch and Jonathan Saul JERUSALEM/LONDON (Reuters) – Israel’s government-run port of Ashdod has complained that a rival Chinese-run terminal at the northern port of Haifa has become a strategic risk during the Gaza war. In a letter seen by Reuters, the chairman of the southern Israeli port warned the head of Israel’s shipping …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s presidential candidate frontrunner Prabowo Subianto widened his lead over his opponents in the latest surveys as the world’s third-largest democracy heads to an election on Feb. 14, two pollsters said on Saturday. Based on a survey conducted between Jan 10 and 16, 48.6% of voters polled supported defence minister Prabowo and …
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By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to participate in a planned “peace summit” of world leaders in Switzerland, a top diplomatic adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as Russia’s invasion approaches its second anniversary. China has close ties with Russia and has refrained from criticising its invasion of …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s defence ministry said it detected 23 Chinese air force planes operating around Taiwan and carrying out “joint combat readiness patrols” with Chinese warships on Friday, ahead of high-level China-U.S. talks in Thailand. China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has over the past four years regularly sent warplanes and warships …
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By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea is stepping up confrontation with the United States and its allies, but officials in Washington and Seoul say they have spotted no signs Pyongyang intends to take imminent military action. Kim Jong Un’s government is likely to continue or even increase provocative steps, officials and analysts say, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Friday kicked off its busiest annual period of mass migration with a record 9 billion domestic trips expected to be made during a 40-day travel rush around the Lunar New Year holidays, state media predicted. That would be nearly double the 4.7 billion trips made during the so-called Spring Festival …
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