By Do Gyun Kim and Jimin Jung SEOUL (Reuters) -Protesters gathered in the capital of South Korea on Saturday to demand that the government take steps to avoid what they fear is a looming disaster from Japan’s release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Japan began dumping the water from the …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -The head of Japan’s Komeito party, the junior partner in the coalition government, will postpone his planned visit to China at China’s request, the party announced on Saturday. Natsuo Yamaguchi was planning to visit China from Aug. 28-30 in hopes of meeting China’s President Xi Jinping and to hand over a personal letter …
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By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault on Saturday leaves for Beijing to join talks on fighting climate change and preserving biodiversity, the first Canadian minister to go to China in four years. A month ago, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry visited China for similar discussions. Other G7 countries including France …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – China has sent police experts and equipment to the Pacific nation of Vanuatu in the midst of a political crisis that saw the Supreme Court rule the prime minister lost a no-confidence vote in parliament. Vanuatu, at the centre of a strategic rivalry between China and Western countries in the region, was …
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By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s fisheries agency said on Saturday fish tested in waters around the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant did not contain detectable levels of the radioactive isotope tritium, Kyodo news service reported. Nets were set up on Thursday when plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) began releasing treated radioactive water …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Saturday morning that over the past 24 hours it had detected 20 Chinese air force planes entering the island’s air defence zone, including a combat drone the flew along Taiwan’s Pacific east coast. Democratically governed Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained for three years …
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By Tom Bateman MINAMISOMA, Japan (Reuters) – Koji Suzuki, who has surfed the waters off Fukushima for nearly half a century, was in his home not far north of the nuclear power plant on March 11, 2011, when a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan. His home and surf shop in the city of Minamisoma …
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By Rachel Savage and Karin Strohecker JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) – The expansion of the BRICS group of developing countries could provide a lifeline to capital-starved new entrants Iran and Argentina, but investors and analysts say a broader economic boon for the bloc’s members is far from certain. Leaders of the BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China …
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TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has appointed his elder daughter Saida Mirziyoyeva as a presidential aide, his press service said on Friday. The move drew ironic responses from some Uzbeks, mostly living outside Uzbekistan, while others posted on social media that her communications background could help her father promote the image of the …
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By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A nail-biting rescue of children dangling hundreds of metres in the air in a cable car in Pakistan this week faced unprecedented challenges, with officials fearing the last remaining cable could snap at any moment, rescuers and military officers said. The sixteen-hour rescue effort gripped global attention, as Pakistan’s …
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