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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to appoint former justice minister Ken Saito as trade minister, replacing incumbent Yasutoshi Nishimura, Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday. Saito’s appointment to a key ministry, which oversees energy and industrial policies, comes as the embattled Kishida administration seeks to stem the fallout from a …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The British data regulator said on Wednesday it had fined the defence ministry for a series of email data breaches that revealed details of over 265 Afghans who were seeking relocation to Britain after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it had fined the Ministry of …

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By Alexandra Alper and Eduardo Baptista WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese chip designer, part-owned by the country’s top sanctioned chipmaker, is purchasing U.S. software and has American financial backing, relationships that underscore the difficulty Washington faces applying new rules meant to block American support for Beijing’s semiconductor industry. The company, Brite Semiconductor, offers chip design …

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By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday urged the central bank to take into account the government’s priorities, such as pulling the economy permanently out of deflation, in making monetary policy decisions. The remark comes ahead of the Bank of Japan’s policy meeting next week, where the central bank …

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday provisionally approved military court trials of over 100 supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan on charges of attacking army installations. A six-member panel of the top court overturned an Oct. 23 order by a three-member Supreme Court panel that had declared military trials of civilians to …

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By Kate Lamb and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian presidential hopeful Ganjar Pranowo faces an uphill battle against rivals ahead of February’s election but is pinning his hopes on an intensive grassroots campaign to boost his prospects. Just two months out from the Feb. 14 poll, opinion surveys show Ganjar, an early favourite, slipping …

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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -A North Korean minister met with the governor of the Russian region bordering the two countries to discuss boosting regional economic cooperation, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday, the latest exchange between the neighbouring states. The talks between North Korea’s External Economic Relations Minister Yun Jong Ho and Oleg Kozhemyako, …

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