BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s defence ministry on Friday urged the United States to stop “arming” Taiwan, after the U.S. State Department approved a possible $500 million sale to the island of infrared search and track systems for F-16 fighter jets, as well as other equipment. “China urges the U.S. side to effectively fulfil its commitment …
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HONG KONG(Reuters) – Long queues at sushi restaurants in Hong Kong on Friday backed up the statements of many who said they were not worried about the release of treated radioactive water from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant and would continue to visit Japanese restaurants. More than 20 customers had gathered in the Sheung Wan district …
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By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin visited the resort island of Phuket on Friday, a first official trip to underline plans to shore-up economic recovery by bolstering tourism, a key driver of growth. Thailand’s economy expanded 1.8% year-on-year in the April-June period and 0.2% on the …
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MANILA (Reuters) -Australia has a security interest in the South China Sea and will work more closely with the Philippines on joint patrols, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Friday as he observed military exercises with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. More than 2,000 Australian and Philippine defence personnel, as well as U.S. Marines, are …
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By Ellen Zhang and Marius Zaharia BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Erin Yao would like to take street dance classes and travel, activities she could not do during three years of COVID-19 restrictions in China. Instead of pursuing such goals, as many economists had expected consumers to do once China lifted those curbs, she is saving …
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By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, a polarising move that prompted China to announce an immediate blanket ban on all aquatic products from Japan. China is “highly concerned about the risk of radioactive contamination brought by… …
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By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) – Twelve years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan has started to release treated radioactive water into the sea, a key step in the process of decommissioning the stricken plant, but much tougher tasks lie ahead, such as molten fuel removal. Here are the challenges facing the government and plant …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is assessing human and labour rights in Myanmar, a European Commission spokesperson said on Thursday, leaving the door open to a possible change to the trade preferences it accords to the country. The EU’s “Everything But Arms” (EBA) scheme removes tariffs and quotas for all imports of goods except …
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By Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim BUSAN, South Korea (Reuters) – The ocean is like a “mother’s embrace”, says Kim Jung-ja, a South Korean who free-dives without oxygen, wearing a black wet suit, mask and fins to pick by hand abalone, sea cucumber and other marine life that she takes to market. Now she wonders …
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By Katya Golubkova and Dominique Patton TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) – China may be Japan’s top seafood export market but marine products make up less than 1% of Tokyo’s global trade, which is dominated by cars, so that Beijing’s seafood ban on its neighbour is more of a political gesture, analysts say. China has said Thursday’s ban …
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