SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s top court on Thursday rejected a local temple’s claim to a statue that it said Japanese pirates had looted in the 14th century, clearing the way for Japan to press for the artefact’s return after it was stolen by South Korean thieves. The 20-inch gilt bronze statue of a Buddhist …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Pacific atoll 2,000 miles west of Hawaii appears set for a construction boom, with the United States and Australia on Thursday pledging a wharf for remote Kanton Island as China considers plans to revive a World War Two airfield. Kiribati’s population of 115,000 is scattered among 33 atolls …
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By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -Armenia hopes to conclude a peace agreement with Azerbaijan in the coming months and establish diplomatic relations with it, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Thursday. “In the coming months (we hope) we shall sign with Azerbaijan an agreement on peace and the establishment of relations,” Pashinyan said through …
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By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -The youngest-ever crew of Chinese astronauts departed for China’s space station on Thursday, paving the way for a new generation of “taikonauts” to advance the country’s space ambitions in the future. The spacecraft Shenzhou-17, or “Divine Vessel”, and its three passengers lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China will provide 15 million yuan ($2.05 million) worth of humanitarian aid to the people living in Gaza, including food and medicine, the China International Development Cooperation Agency said on Thursday. ($1 = 7.3191 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; editing by John Stonestreet)
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s sultans are scheduled to meet on Friday to elect the country’s next king from amongst themselves, state news agency Bernama reported on Thursday. The Office of the Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal, which handles the affairs of the sultans, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Southeast …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan on Thursday gave a last warning to all immigrants in the country illegally, including hundreds of thousands of Afghan nationals, to leave voluntarily before a Nov. 1 deadline, the country’s caretaker interior minister said on Thursday. Interim Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti told a news conference in Islamabad that Pakistan …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan has urged Israel to suspend its assault on the besieged Gaza Strip to allow humanitarian assistance in. The request was made in a meeting between Japan’s state minister for foreign affairs and Israel’s ambassador to Japan late on Wednesday, according to a statement by the ministry on Thursday. Russia and China …
LONDON (Reuters) – China has accepted Britain’s invitation to attend a global summit on artificial intelligence next week, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said on Thursday. “It is the case they’ve accepted, but we will wait to see everyone who actually turns up at the summit,” Dowden told the BBC. “As things stands, yes, we …
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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the Israel-Gaza crisis should have “a path to peace” including independent states for the Israelis and Palestinians and integrating Israel among its Arab neighbors. Biden opened a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese by saying U.S. support for Israel’s …
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