BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Communist Party leadership will begin a four-day, closed-door meeting on Monday to chart the country’s economic policy for the next five years, seeking to sustain its ascent at a time of mounting trade tensions with the U.S. Beijing is likely to release an outline of its next five-year plan after that meeting, …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s industry minister and the chief presidential secretary for policy will travel to the United States on Thursday for follow-up talks on lowering tariffs applied to the Asian country’s goods, the government said on Wednesday. South Korea’s finance minister said this week there had been “huge progress” in discussions over the details …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States must be careful with China although the relationship between the countries is fair. “We have to be careful with China. Look, I have a great relationship with President Xi (Jinping), but sometimes it gets tested, because China likes to take advantage of people, …
By Sam Tabahriti LONDON (Reuters) -Britain and the United States on Tuesday sanctioned a Southeast Asia-based multinational network accused of operating large-scale online ‘scam centres’ that used trafficked workers to defraud victims around the world. The British government said the centres, located in Cambodia, Myanmar and across the region, used fake job adverts to lure …
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By Katharine Jackson, Costas Pitas and Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto asked U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday if he could meet with Trump’s son Eric, an executive vice president of the Trump Organization, according to comments by the leaders picked up by a microphone after Trump had addressed a Gaza-focused summit …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -The head of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Sanae Takaichi, is making arrangements to hold one-on-one meetings with each of the country’s three major opposition parties on Wednesday, Jiji news agency said. Takaichi’s bid to become Japan’s first female prime minister was thrown into doubt on Friday when the LDP’s junior coalition …
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Malaysia on October 26, Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said on Tuesday, adding that he was “looking forward” to witnessing a ceasefire deal between Southeast Asian neighbours Thailand and Cambodia. Tension over undemarcated points on the two nations’ 817-km (508-mile) land border erupted into …
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By Stephanie van den Berg and Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) -International Criminal Court (ICC) appeals judges have disqualified chief prosecutor Karim Khan from the war crimes case against former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte due to a possible conflict of interest, according to a copy of the decision seen by Reuters. The ruling is yet …
BEIJING (Reuters) -China and Iceland will enhance intergovernmental and industry-level cooperation on geothermal and green energy, according to a joint statement released by Chinese state media on Tuesday. Both sides will work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote energy transformation, and create green jobs and business opportunities, according to the statement issued by China’s national …
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(Corrects paragraph 21 on Jin’s travel restrictions to delete reference to the airport, adds further attribution) By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -Police in China detained dozens of pastors of one of its largest underground churches over the weekend, a church spokesperson and relatives said, in the biggest crackdown on Christians since 2018. The detentions, which …
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