TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan aims to become the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the lunar surface with the launch of a low-cost “moon sniper” on Thursday that will test precision landing technology designed to further Tokyo’s space goals. The launch comes weeks after India became the first country to land on the moon’s …
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By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will host leaders from Southeast Asia’s ASEAN bloc in Melbourne next March for a special summit to commemorate 50 years of relations, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday as he announced a new investment strategy for the region. Albanese told reporters in Jakarta he had written to …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will focus on reforming the World Bank and urging other multilateral development banks to boost lending for climate change and infrastructure projects during the G20 leaders summit in India, the White House said on Tuesday. “That’s one of our main focuses heading into the G20: delivering on an …
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(Reuters) – Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ailing and a request for an outside physician to see her has been denied by the country’s military rulers, a source familiar with the matter and the shadow government loyal to her said on Tuesday. The 78-year-old Nobel laureate instead has been treated by …
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By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s top court partially approved on Tuesday a landmark appeal by an LGBTQ activist for recognition of same-sex marriages, calling for new regulations for gay couples to protect their basic social needs. The ruling by Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal followed a five-year legal battle fought …
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By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) -Myanmar has ceded its turn to chair the Southeast Asian regional bloc, an official confirmed on Tuesday, after the group agreed that an existing but widely criticised peace plan will continue to guide its response to the bloody conflict there. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes and vehicles were swept away in floods as storms from now weakened Typhoon Haikui made landfall in China’s southeastern Fujian province early on Tuesday after battering Taiwan for the past two days. About 114,400 people were moved from risky areas as the typhoon rolled in …
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By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore is planning to expand a pilot project that boosts the ocean’s capacity to absorb carbon dioxide emissions, using one of several emerging technologies that supporters hope can play a decisive role in the global battle against climate change. As scientists call for more research into ocean carbon dioxide …
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By YP Rajesh, Krishn Kaushik and Martin Quin Pollard NEW DELHI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to skip the G20 summit is being seen in host India as a snub to New Delhi and a new setback to the already frozen relations between the nuclear-armed Asian giants. Neither country has commented on Xi …
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(Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin and discuss supplying Moscow with weapons for the war in Ukraine, the New York Times reported. In a rare trip abroad, Kim would travel from Pyongyang, probably by armoured train, to Vladivostok, on the Pacific Coast …
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