By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and China’s top climate change officials will meet in Beijing for talks next week, ahead of the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit, an EU official told Reuters. Nearly 200 countries are set to gather from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12 in Dubai for this year’s U.N. …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol plans to attend a roundtable on technological cooperation with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Stanford University on Nov. 17, Yoon’s office said on Friday. The two leaders will attend the event while they are in the United States for a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation …
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By Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan will stress the importance of peace in the region at next week’s APEC summit, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday, one of the few international bodies both Taiwan and China are members of and where their officials meet. The 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum will meet in …
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By William James LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of mammal described as having the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet of a mole, in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains more than 60 years after it was last recorded. Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna, named after British naturalist David Attenborough, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s ambassador to the United States said Sino-US relations have shown positive signs of stopping a decline and stabilising but still faced challenges, as the leaders of both countries prepare for an expected highly-anticipated meeting this month. The most important thing was to find the right way for China and the United States …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia said the heirs of a former sultan have withdrawn their claims over three Malaysian-owned diplomatic properties in Paris, as part of a $15 billion arbitration dispute between the two sides. An enforcement judge in Paris on Nov. 9 “recorded the claimants’ withdrawal from the proceedings they had initiated to seize …
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By David Lawder SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen began two days of meetings with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Thursday in a bid to limit the economic fallout from tensions between Washington and Beijing and keep the lines of communication open on topics from national security to climate change. U.S. Treasury …
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Thursday said he would raise China’s concerns about the economic and investment relationship with the United States during his talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. He, speaking as the two officials’ met in San Francisco, said China was also looking for effective measures to …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and China are set to hold a summit in December, a spokesperson for European Council President Charles Michel said on Thursday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report. While Bloomberg said the summit would take place on Dec. 7-8, Michel’s spokesperson said the exact date was not set yet. (Reporting …
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If humankind is ever to establish long-term bases on the moon, there will be a need for a regular source of food. It is not practical, however, to think you can plant corn or wheat in plain lunar soil in greenhouses on the moon and expect a bumper crop …
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