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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean police are investigating whether a North Korean hacker group, accused of stealing data from 14 entities, obtained information on defence technology including an anti-aircraft laser, a Seoul city police official said on Wednesday. The probe, which is being carried out in conjunction with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), …

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By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state media called Moody’s “biased” on Wednesday for its negative rating outlook on the world’s No. 2 economy, but some analysts said the government’s official reaction was more restrained, signalling Beijing’s own worries about surging debt. Chinese officials often respond with aggressive statements to international scrutiny. After Moody’s …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday that promoting healthy, stable and sustainable China-U.S. relations is an important task, in a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinken also discussed his recent travel in the Middle East and U.S. diplomatic efforts in the region with Wang, according to …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s military said on Wednesday it sent fighter jets to monitor and warn a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft that flew over the sensitive Taiwan Strait, a mission that took place weeks before Taiwan holds elections. China claims sovereignty over democratically governed Taiwan, and says it has jurisdiction over the strait. Taiwan and the …

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MANILA (Reuters) – A passenger severely injured when a bus plunged into a ravine in the central Philippines has died, taking the death toll from the accident to 17, authorities said on Wednesday. The bus was carrying dozens of people when its brakes failed in the central province of Antique on Tuesday afternoon, the local …

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By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan, Britain and Italy will sign a treaty in Tokyo next week to establish a joint organisation and industry group for developing their planned advanced jet fighter, three sources with direct knowledge of the plans said. An inter-government body will oversee the industry group venture led by Britain’s BAE …

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By Sarah Wu and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s new core technologies list will not affect its chip companies’ business, Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said on Wednesday, after the government unveiled 22 technologies that it identified as needing “urgent protection”. Taiwan makes the majority of the world’s most advanced semiconductor chips, used in everything …

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By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – Teenagers’ mathematics and reading skills are in an unprecedented decline across dozens of countries and COVID school closures are only partly to be blamed, the OECD said on Tuesday in its latest survey of global learning standards. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said it had seen …

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