(This Dec. 27th story has been refiled to correct translation in paragraph 11) By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday urged Chinese ambassadors to forge a “diplomatic iron army” loyal to the Communist Party, reviving the abrasive “Wolf Warrior” rhetoric propagated by some diplomats as a sign of China’s increasingly …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -A court in Nepal found the Himalayan nation’s highest profile cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane guilty of raping an 18-year-old woman and fixed Jan. 10 for sentencing. The 23-year-old has been the face of cricket in Nepal and was the only player from the country to take part in prominent Twenty20 leagues …
(Corrects spelling to ‘Hafiz’ from ‘Hafeez’ in headline and first paragraph) (Reuters) – India has formally requested Pakistan to extradite Hafiz Saeed, suspected of involvement in the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, for trial in India, foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi told reporters in a briefing on Friday. “We have conveyed a request along with relevant …
By Yew Lun Tian and Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – China named former Navy chief Dong Jun as its new defence minister on Friday to replace the last minister who disappeared from public view four months ago. The appointment by Chinese lawmakers comes as President Xi Jinping upgrades the military as part of his push …
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(Reuters) – The former leader of a Hong Kong pro-independence group says he received up to HK$3,000 ($384) from security officers per meeting to become an informant when he was released from jail in June, before he fled to Britain and sought political asylum. In November 2021, Tony Chung, who was then 20, was sentenced …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan lodged a stern protest with the South Korean embassy in Tokyo and South Korea’s foreign ministry over a military drill reportedly practising the defence of disputed islands, the Japanese government said on Friday. The two nations have long been at loggerheads over the sovereignty of the group of islets called Takeshima in …
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By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -Year-end holidaymakers across China were bracing for possible transport disruptions after the weather bureau on Friday warned that heavy fog and haze would shroud areas from Hebei province in the north to southern Shanghai for more than 24 hours. The Central Meteorological Observatory issued its first red alert for fog …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian navy vessel in Aceh drove away a boat carrying Rohingya from Myanmar, a military spokesperson said, as growing numbers of would-be refugees from the strife-torn country face hostility from locals. The wooden boat was encountered in waters near Weh Island, off Sumatra, military spokesperson Nugraha Gumilar said. The Indonesian military …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s government will work with the central bank to swiftly deploy market stabilising measures if needed, the finance minister said on Friday, after Taeyoung Engineering & Construction said it was restructuring debt. “If needed the Bank of Korea will prepare liquidity support measures through open market operations,” Choi Sang-mok said in …
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By Jack Kim and Jimin Jung SEOUL (Reuters) – The head of the district police force that investigated South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun over allegations of illegal drug use on Thursday defended the tough questioning of him before he was found dead. Incheon Metropolitan Police chief Kim Hui-jung told a news briefing the entire process …
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