TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan Vice President William Lai has promised during a visit to San Francisco to take peace as his “lighthouse” and democracy as his guide, on the final leg of a trip that China has condemned. Lai is stopping briefly in the U.S. city on his way back to Taipei after visiting Paraguay, having …
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By Soo-hyang Choi and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has concluded that U.S. soldier Travis King wants refuge there or elsewhere because of “inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination” in the U.S. and the military, state media said on Wednesday. It was the North’s first public acknowledgement of the army private’s crossing from South Korea …
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By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. summit with Japan and South Korea on Friday will include an ambitious set of initiatives to lock in progress between the allies, White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said on Wednesday. Campbell said the U.S. relationship with Japan and South Korea would be a …
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(Reuters) – North Korea has said that detained U.S. soldier Travis King, who is Black, complained about mistreatment and racial discrimination in his country and the military. The United States has acknowledged challenges of racism and a lack of diversity in its armed forces over the course of history. The following are answers to some …
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By Mubasher Bukhari and Asif Shahzad LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Muslim crowd attacked a Christian community in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, vandalising several churches and setting scores of houses on fire after accusing two of its members of desecrating the Koran, police and community leaders said. The attack took place in Jaranwala in the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three entities it accused of being tied to arms deals between North Korea and Russia as Washington cracked down on those seeking to support Russia’s war in Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said that Russia has increasingly been forced to turn to …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Wednesday confirmed it is holding U.S. Army Private Travis King after he crossed the border from South Korea last month while on a tour, but did not elaborate on what his future might hold. State news agency KCNA said during an initial investigation that King confessed to illegally and …
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TASHKENT (Reuters) – Distributors of a contaminated Indian cough syrup that killed 65 children in Uzbekistan paid local officials a bribe of $33,000 to skip mandatory testing, Uzbek state prosecutors alleged during a trial on Wednesday. The Central Asian nation put 21 people on trial – 20 of whom are Uzbeks and one Indian – …
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TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan began a trial on Friday over the deaths last year of 65 children linked to contaminated cough syrups, announcing for the first time a much higher death toll than before. The Central Asian nation had previously reported only 20 deaths linked to the medicines, which were produced by India’s Marion Biotech. …
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By Stefanno Sulaiman and Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian President Joko Widodo proposed a budget of 3,304.1 trillion rupiah ($216.24 billion) on Wednesday for 2024, his final year in office, promising to guard the economy against global challenges and keep food prices stable. The budget proposal, tabled in parliament, is about 6% bigger than this …
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