By Hyun Young Yi and Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – Thousands of video game fans cheered on at a laser-lit stadium in Seoul on Sunday as South Korean team T1 beat China’s Weibo Gaming in the finals of the annual championship of multiplayer battle game League of Legends. Tickets for this year’s League of Legends …
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By Neil Jerome Morales and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines has approached neighbours such as Malaysia and Vietnam to discuss a separate code of conduct regarding the South China Sea, its president said on Monday, citing limited progress towards striking a broader regional pact with China. Relations between the two have grown more tense …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China has facilitated transit through the country from northern Myanmar amid the conflict there as some parties have been asking for assistance, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday. China will stay in contact with related countries on what is to be done next, ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular press …
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(Reuters) – A Japanese delegation led by senior industry and foreign ministry officials and including business representatives visits Ukraine on Monday for talks ahead of a reconstruction conference that Japan will host, the industry ministry said. Japan, which has been supporting Ukraine with funds and by accepting refugees since Russia invaded in February 2022, has …
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ACEH (Reuters) – More than 500 Rohingya refugees originally from Myanmar landed on the shores of Indonesia’s Aceh province on Sunday, the fourth wave of arrivals this week, a local UNHCR official said. The refugees, who arrived at various parts of the province including Bireuen, Pidie and East Aceh, have overwhelmed local facilities, Munawaratul Makhya, …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -The leader of a small Taiwanese party who has been in talks with the main opposition party about a joint presidential ticket showed no signs of backing down on Sunday in a dispute over who runs as president and who for vice president. The issue of China, which views Taiwan as its territory, …
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MANILA (Reuters) – The death toll from a magnitude 6.7 offshore earthquake in the southern Philippines rose to eight, the country’s civil defence said on Sunday. Two people missing in a landslide after Friday’s quake, which struck deep off Mindanao island, were confirmed dead, the Office of Civil Defense said. The latest deaths were from …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – More than two hundred Thai nationals trapped by the surge in fighting in northern Myanmar between junta soldiers and armed ethnic-minority groups are being evacuated to Thailand via China, the Thai foreign ministry said on Sunday. Myanmar military, which seized power in a 2021 coup, is losing control of several towns and …
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By Tim Kelly TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -Japanese marines in amphibious assault vehicles stormed an island beach at the edge of the East China Sea on Sunday in a simulated attack to dislodge invaders from territory that Tokyo worries is vulnerable to attack from China. As tensions run high with neighbours China, Russia and North Korea, …
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MALE (Reuters) – Maldives new President Mohamed Muizzu, who campaigned on altering the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago’s “India first” policy, has requested India withdraw its military from the country. Muizzu won the presidential election in September, ousting Ibrahim Solih in a runoff after promising to remove a small Indian military presence of some 75 personnel. …
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