SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s government on Sunday said it was confident punitive tariffs on Australian wine introduced by China in 2021 would be lifted early next year. “I would be very confident that early in the new year we will get a favourable result from the Chinese authorities to lift the ban on Australian wine,” …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has warned North Korea that any nuclear attack against the nation or its allies “is unacceptable and will result in the end of the (Kim Jong) Un regime,” a joint US-South Korean statement said on Saturday. “The U.S. side reiterated that any nuclear attack by the DPRK against the ROK …
By Liz Lee and Ethan Wang BEIJING (Reuters) -President Xi Jinping called for “all-out” emergency response efforts as a cold wave extended its grip over China on Friday, with temperatures falling below freezing across most of the country and snowfall affecting transport in many places. Temperatures were expected to drop to below minus 40 degrees …
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DHAKA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s main opposition party took to the streets of the capital on Saturday defying fears of being arrested ahead of the country’s national election early next year. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), whose top leadership is either jailed or in exile, has demanded that Prime Minister …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has approved a $300 million sale of equipment to help maintain Taiwan’s tactical information systems, the Pentagon said on Friday, the latest U.S. assistance for the island’s defenses. The United States is bound by law to provide Taiwan, which China claims as its territory, with the means to defend. …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – A North Korean diplomatic delegation is visiting China for talks on strengthening cooperation, North Korean state media said on Saturday, as Pyongyang slowly opens its borders and resumes trade with its neighbours after the COVID-19 pandemic. North Korean Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Pak Myong Ho and counterpart Sun Weidong discussed boosting strategic …
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By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and Malaysia signed a security assistance deal on Saturday including a grant of 400 million yen ($2.8 million) to boost Malaysia’s maritime security, as Asian nations seek to counter an increasingly assertive China. Japan will provide equipment such as rescue boats and supplies under the official security assistance …
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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns said on Friday he had started talks with Beijing on renewing a landmark scientific cooperation agreement, and while the deal needed to be modernized, prospects for a new one were uncertain. Controversy over the renewal of the U.S.-China Science and …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States and South Korea plan to draw up joint guidelines on nuclear defence strategy by the middle of next year and establish an integrated system to deter North Korea’s nuclear weapons, Yonhap news agency said on Saturday. Washington and Seoul have decided to complete a comprehensive guideline by next year …
TAIPEI (Reuters) – The son of leading China critic and Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai said on Friday he thought the outcome of his father’s trial next week had already been decided but he was proud of him for standing up for his beliefs. Lai’s long-awaited trial under national security legislation imposed by China …
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