TAIPEI (Reuters) -China’s leadership is too “overwhelmed” with its internal problems to consider an invasion of Taiwan, President Tsai Ing-wen said in an interview with the New York Times. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has ramped up military pressure against the island over the past four years, leading to concerns …
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By Jimin Jung and Dogyun Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – About 200 South Korean farmers who breed and raise dogs for human consumption held a rally on Thursday near the presidential office in the capital Seoul, demanding the government scrap a plan to ban the controversial centuries-old practice. Dozens of farmers, who had tried to drive …
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(This Nov. 29 story has been corrected after a clarification from the the Yakushima Fisheries Cooperative that one person had been found, not three, in paragraph 5) By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – A U.S. military aircraft carrying eight people crashed into the sea in Japan on Wednesday, killing at least one …
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By Juarawee Kittisilpa TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara broke down in tears when he met fellow Thais released to Israel by Hamas after seven weeks of captivity and said on Wednesday he hoped for freedom soon for the remaining 13 hostages. Another two Thai workers were set free on Tuesday, bringing …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s two giant pandas, the only pair in the country, will munch bamboo stalks in front of crowds at Edinburgh Zoo for the final time on Thursday before their 12-year stay comes to an end and they return home to China. Zookeepers have spent the last few weeks making sure the two …
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A recent increase in respiratory illnesses in China is a common issue faced by that all countries and Chinese authorities have it under effective control, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday. The World Health Organization (WHO) last week requested China provide detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Local authorities in a village in Nepal registered the Himalayan nation’s first same-sex marriage on Wednesday, officials and activists said, five months after the Supreme Court issued an interim order clearing the way for such marriages in the largely conservative country. The marriage between 36-year-old Ram Bahadur (Maya) Gurung, …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China President Xi Jinping visited Shanghai, where he went to several venues and learned about the city’s efforts to strengthen its competitiveness as an international financial centre, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. Xi made the trip on Tuesday and Wednesday and he inspected the Shanghai Futures Exchange, an exhibition on Shanghai’s sci-tech …
By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) – Armenia has convened emergency talks at the Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union after Russia refused to allow in a growing number of its trucks amid a deepening diplomatic chill between the two nations, state news agency Armenpress reported on Wednesday. Armenpress quoted Vahan Kerobyan, Armenia’s economy minister, as saying that …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -A Pakistan court overturned the conviction of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a corruption case on Wednesday, his lawyer said, removing one of the many obstacles for him to qualify to stand in elections in February. The veteran politician. who arrived back home from four years of self-imposed exile …
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