SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent messages of sympathy to the leaders of Iran and Japan on Saturday, state media said, after the countries were hit with deadly bombings and earthquake respectively this week. Two bomb blasts in Iran claimed by Islamic State killed nearly 100 people on Wednesday, while the …
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By Ju-min Park and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired more than 200 artillery rounds on Friday near a disputed maritime border with South Korea in another escalation of tension between the rivals and prompting the South to take “corresponding” action with live fire drills. North Korea later said it conducted firing drills …
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New Delhi (Reuters) – The president of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, will pay a state visit to China from Jan. 8 to 12, the Chinese foreign ministry said in statement on Friday, in what would be a high-profile snub to the island nation’s huge neighbour India. Multiple calls by Reuters to the Foreign Ministry and …
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By Liz Lee and Ethan Wang BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday the most urgent task for Sino-U.S. relations is to establish a correct understanding and cooperation between the two sides, stressing it is “no longer an option … but an imperative” for the world. Cooperation is the “most correct choice …
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By Ruma Paul and Sudipto Ganguly DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladeshi lawmaker Ranajit Kumar Roy is one of hundreds of independents running in Sunday’s election, an unusually high number which the opposition says is part of a ruling party ploy to legitimise a vote seen by critics as a one-sided sham. Many lawmakers and members from …
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GENEVA (Reuters) -Lawyers for Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai said on Thursday they had appealed to the United Nations expert on torture over the treatment of a witness they believe was tortured before giving incriminating evidence. Lai, 76, founder of now-shuttered pro-democracy paper Apple Daily and a leading critic of the Chinese Communist Party, …
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By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Sakura Murakami WAJIMA, Japan (Reuters) -The United States said on Friday it is preparing military logistical support and aid for regions in Japan devastated by an earthquake that killed 94 people, forced about 33,000 people to leave their homes, and left over 200 people unaccounted for. “The U.S. is here to …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Tesla’s strategy in China of real-time, aggressive management of its sales staff is giving its stores an edge over dealerships offering BYD and other brands in the world’s largest auto market, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The U.S. company in the fourth quarter lost its crown as the …
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KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan’s senate approved a resolution on Friday to further delay national elections which had been scheduled to take place on Feb. 8, the chairman of the senate said while addressing senators. The resolution passed by the senate, however, is not binding and does not necessarily mean elections will be further delayed. There …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -A train collision in Indonesia’s West Java province on Friday killed four people and injured 42, local police said, as authorities investigated the cause of the crash. Video images from broadcasters MetroTV and Kompas TV showed passengers being helped out of train carriages, some of which had gone off the rails entirely. The …
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