By Rachna Uppal DUBAI (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates and South Korea have concluded talks towards a bilateral trade deal, known as a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), the two countries said on Saturday. Trade and investment ties between the Gulf state and South Korea have been steadily advancing; in the first half of 2023, …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia does not agree with Western pressure to condemn Palestinian militant group Hamas, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday, amid widespread outrage over this month’s deadly attack on southern Israel. Western and European countries have repeatedly asked Malaysia to condemn Hamas in meetings, Anwar said, without providing details. “I said …
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By Josh Smith SEONGNAM, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea will kick off its largest-ever defence exhibition this week, as the country seeks to turbocharge its arms sales and showcase a rare appearance by a U.S. nuclear-capable bomber. The biennial Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) opens its doors on Tuesday, with organisers saying …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top diplomat Wang Yi met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday, Chinese state media CGTN reported. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
By Gayatri Suroyo and Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia will seek China’s help for renewable energy and infrastructure projects when President Joko Widodo attends the upcoming Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, a cabinet minister said. Any partnership with China would be parallel with the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) – a $20 billion …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Song Kai was named as the new chairman of the Chinese Football Association (CFA)，China’s state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday, amid a spike in anti-corruption investigations into the soccer body. Song works as the director of Liaoning province’s Sports Bureau, according to state media Global Times. Sun Wen, Yuan Yongqing, Yang …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Former chairman of Bank of China Liu Liange was arrested for suspected bribery, giving illegal loans, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. (Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday raised the national flag in the capital of the former breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after a lightning military operation last month brought the territory back under Azerbaijan’s control. “President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has raised the national flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan in …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that suggestions the United States should prepare for a war against Russia and China were nonsense, and warned the West that any war against Russia would be on a whole different level to the conflict in Ukraine. A bipartisan panel appointed by the U.S. …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Support for the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has fallen to 32.3%, the lowest since it was formed in 2021, Kyodo News said on Sunday, based on its own opinion poll. The figure was down 7.5 points from September’s poll and was worse than the support of 33.1% for the …
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