BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at forum in Tibet on Thursday that nations in the region must respect each other’s sovereignty, amid simmering tensions with India over a disputed border in the eastern Himalayas. “We must adhere to mutual respect and trust, jointly maintain regional unity, and respect each other’s sovereignty and …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s agriculture minister on Thursday stepped down over his involvement in a case being investigated by the country’s anti-graft agency, making him the sixth minister in President Joko Widodo’s cabinet to face corruption allegations. Syahrul Yasin Limpo’s resignation comes after the agency, known as the KPK, found billions of rupiah in raids …
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PINGTUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) -Typhoon Koinu brushed past southern Taiwan on Thursday, killing one person, injuring 304 and causing localised damage, as lashing rains and strong winds forced millions of people in a swathe of cities to miss work and school. Koinu, which means “puppy” in Japanese, made landfall on Taiwan’s Hengchun peninsula as a category …
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By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia called on neighbour Indonesia and a grouping of Southeast Asian nations to take action as air quality worsens across the country due to fires in Indonesia, its environment minister told Reuters on Thursday. Air quality has hit unhealthy levels in several parts of Malaysia in recent days, …
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By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s progressive opposition party on Thursday filed a draft bill seeking amnesty for potentially thousands of people charged with crimes during political rallies, including insulting the monarchy, over nearly two decades of turmoil. The bill submitted to parliament would cover all political demonstrations since 2006, a …
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By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union wants to retain its industrial edge and competitiveness in a world shifting more to digital and green products, but has found itself worryingly dependent on others, particularly China for critical minerals. As geopolitical tensions rise, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and with a U.S.-China standoff, risk …
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BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) – China has condemned a mission by four Philippine ships to re-supply Philippine troops on a disputed South China Sea atoll, saying the vessels had entered its waters in the Spratly Islands without its permission. The Philippines said on Wednesday it had successfully sent supplies to its troops stationed on a World War …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China plans to expand its space station to six modules from three in coming years, offering astronauts from other nations an alternative platform for near-Earth missions as the NASA-led International Space Station (ISS) nears the end of its lifespan. The operational lifetime of the Chinese space station will be more than 15 …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has halted the nuclear reactor at its main atomic complex, probably to extract plutonium that could be used for weapons by reprocessing spent fuel rods, a South Korean news report said on Thursday, citing a government source. The operation of the 5 megawatt nuclear reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear complex has …
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By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 45-day stopgap measure passed by the U.S. Congress to avert a government shutdown has left potential funding shortfalls for strategic Pacific island states, which analysts and former officials say makes the U.S. allies economically vulnerable and possibly more receptive to Chinese approaches. The Biden administration had hoped to …
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