TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan on Wednesday appointed a veteran diplomat as its new de facto ambassador to the United States, Taipei’s highest-profile global posting despite a lack of formal diplomatic ties, after the previous ambassador quit to run for vice president. Hsiao Bi-khim, well-connected in Washington, resigned from the job as U.S. envoy this month …
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Tetsushi Kajimoto COLOMBO/TOKYO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka and a group of its creditor nations said on Wednesday they have reached an agreement in principle on debt restructuring, a key step needed for the South Asian nation to emerge from its severe economic crunch. The deal will help Sri Lanka clear the first …
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By Mushtaq Ali PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani police have arrested four people, including a man who killed his teenage daughter on instructions from family elders because she had appeared in a picture on social media, police said on Wednesday. The police said the 18-year-old woman was shot dead by her father last week in …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China has arranged for Japanese embassy officials to visit a Japanese citizen detained on suspicion of espionage, China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after the arrest dealt an outsized blow to the two countries’ close economic ties. Japan said late in October China had formally arrested a Japanese businessman detained in March …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – The remaining four members of K-pop supergroup BTS will begin their military service in mid-December, joining the three who are already serving, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday, citing music industry sources. The seven-member group is on temporary break while members carry out South Korea’s mandatory military service. South Korea …
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By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – A landmark national security trial for 16 Hong Kong democracy activists entered its final stretch on Wednesday, with a verdict expected in early 2024, nearly two years after they were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion. On the first day of closing submissions, one of …
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By Saurabh Sharma SILKYARA, India (Reuters) -Rescuers on Tuesday pulled out all 41 workers trapped for 17 days inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas after drilling through the debris of rock, concrete and earth to reach them, triggering jubilation across India. The evacuation of the men – low-wage workers from some of India’s poorest …
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By Elizabeth Pineau and Manuel Ausloos PARIS (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh won the right to host the Expo 2030 world fair, vote results showed on Tuesday, in another diplomatic victory for a Gulf country after the Qatar soccer World Cup last year. South Korea’s Busan and Italy’s Rome were also in the running to host …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai children crafted virtual rafts and sent them floating down digital rivers, in an environmentally friendly version of an ancient festival. Over the centuries, people have sent ‘krathongs’ – small, baskets made from plants and loaded with flowers, candles and bamboo – down waterways to make wishes and pay their respects to …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka needs $100 billion to become a net zero emitter by 2040, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, as the island also attempts to build climate change resilience while navigating its worst financial crisis in decades. Sri Lanka will focus on green financing tools, including debt for nature …
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