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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks with Laotian President Thongloun Sisoulith in Pyongyang on Tuesday, North Korean state media KCNA said on Wednesday.  Kim personally came out to greet Thongloun in a welcome ceremony that included top officials, a cheering crowd and a 21-gun salute, and the two leaders discussed strengthening …

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TAIPEI (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize if he is able to convince Chinese President Xi Jinping to abandon the use of force against Taiwan, President Lai Ching-te told a conservative U.S. radio show and podcast in an interview. Washington is Chinese-claimed Taiwan’s most important international backer, despite the absence …

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(Corrects dateline to Oct 7 (not Oct 8) and removes PIX from the slug.) By Sam Jahan and Ruma Paul BHANGURA, Bangladesh (Reuters) -In flood-prone regions of Bangladesh, solar-powered “floating schools” ensure children do not miss class when rising waters cut off roads and villages. One of them is 10-year-old Safikul Islam. Each morning, he …

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By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -More than 200 trekkers still stranded in freezing temperatures near the eastern face of Everest in Tibet are expected to be evacuated by Tuesday, a source familiar with the situation said, after unexpectedly strong snowstorms tore across western China. Outdoor enthusiasts have flocked to China’s rugged interior since an eight-day …

Rescuers race to evacuate stranded Everest hikers by Tuesday, source says Read More »

By Joseph Campbell NARA (Reuters) -Motoko Shimada fondly recalls when a classmate at her public school in the western Japanese city of Nara, Sanae Takaichi, showed early signs of the leadership that would set her on course to become the country’s first female prime minister. It was just before an important high school entrance exam, …

In hometown of Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’, supporters stress a softer side Read More »

BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China called on the European Union on Tuesday not to “challenge” a 1971 U.N. resolution that led to Beijing assuming China’s seat in the organisation from Taipei. China and Taiwan, which Beijing views as its own territory, have been locked in an increasingly bitter dispute about U.N. resolution 2758. Beijing, which has not …

China angered at EU ‘challenging’ UN resolution that led to Taiwan leaving global body Read More »

By Johan Ahlander, Niklas Pollard and Ludwig Burger STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -American scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for work shedding light on how the immune system spares healthy cells, creating openings for possible new autoimmune disease and cancer treatments. …

Immune system breakthrough wins Nobel medicine prize for US, Japan scientists Read More »