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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Ministry of Defence said on Thursday that military-to-military communication between Beijing and Washington has “not stopped”, amid high tensions between the two superpowers over the South China Sea, Taiwan and other issues. “I want to clarify that China-U.S. military-to-military communication is not stopped,” said defence ministry spokesperson Wu Qian at a …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes relevant parties can see its 2023 edition of a standard national map in an “objective and rational” way, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks at a press briefing when asked to comment on reports of some countries, including the Philippines, India and Malaysia, …

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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Thursday confirmed it had fired two ballistic missiles on Wednesday night in what it called a “warning” against the United States’ deployment of strategic bombers to the region, state media reported. (Reporting by Soo-hyang Choi; Editing by Leslie Adler)

SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) -North Korea fired at least two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, hours after the U.S. separately deployed B-1B bombers for allied air drills. Japan’s defence ministry also reported that at least one suspected ballistic missile was launched, while Japanese media reported that two missiles were fired …

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By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – About a third of 18-year-old women in Japan may never have children, a government institute said on Wednesday, in the latest data spelling an uphill battle to reverse a dwindling population in the world’s third-largest economy. The National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS) estimated in a …

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By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Ten foreigners accused of involvement in a major money laundering operation in Singapore were again remanded to custody on Wednesday, with new charges slapped on eight, as the city-state widens the net in one of its highest-profile crime cases. Authorities seized assets of more than S$1 billion ($739.64 million) …

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By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is preparing documentation to draft a request for a royal pardon, but when it would be submitted was at his discretion, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Thaksin returned to Thailand in a vaunted homecoming last week after spending 15 years …

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