By Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim NONSAN, South Korea (Reuters) – Kwon Gye-soon has been farming for more than a quarter of a century but she is not hopeful she can get back on her feet this time after climate change-driven flooding in July devastated her watermelon farm and her damaged crop now rots in …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Northern Taiwan on Thursday shut businesses and schools while airlines cancelled dozens of flights as the slow-moving Typhoon Khanun skirted past the island’s northeast amid warnings of floods and high winds. Typhoon Khanun, categorised by Taiwan’s weather bureau as the second-strongest typhoon level, slowly headed towards its northeastern coast with maximum winds of …
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By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping’s chief of staff met with experts holidaying at Beidaihe on Thursday, a signal that typically means top leaders have started their vacation at the seaside resort, even as large areas of northern China remain flooded. The summer retreat comes as questions continue to swirl …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China will relax restrictions for its citizens hoping to permanently settle in small and medium sized cities, state media reported on Thursday, but changes in the biggest cities such as the capital Beijing will be more limited. The public security ministry will promote the “comprehensive lifting” of urban settlement restrictions in cities …
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By Josh Ye Hong Kong (Reuters) -China’s cyberspace regulator said on Wednesday children under the age of 18 should be limited to a maximum of two hours a day on their smartphones, sending shares in tech companies tumbling. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it wanted providers of smart devices to introduce so-called minor …
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By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s house speaker said on Thursday that a parliamentary vote for the next prime minister would be postponed, prolonging a political deadlock that has raised questions about stability since a May general election. Many voters in the May 14 vote rejected nearly a decade of rule by the military and …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – The restructuring plan for the parent company of Chinese automaker Brilliance China has been approved by creditors and a Chinese court, according to China’s national enterprise bankruptcy information disclosure platform. (This story has been corrected to say restructuring plan is for Brilliance China’s parent company, not for Brilliance China) (Reporting by Beijing …
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By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -The Japan opening of the hit film “Barbie” was dealt additional setbacks as an online petition gained steam calling on Hollywood studios to disavow a grassroots marketing movement that made light of nuclear holocaust. A Change.org petition collected more than 16,000 signatures over two days as of Thursday, demanding that …
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By Elaine Lies and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Typhoon Khanun pounded Japan’s southwestern Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures with heavy rain and gusty winds for a second straight day on Thursday, leaving two dead and moving so slowly its damaging impact could be prolonged. Khanun, which means “jackfruit” in Thai, was heading slowly northwest in the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon’s top official for Asia spoke with an official from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, in a rare high-level conversation between senior U.S. and Chinese national security officials. “Assistant Secretary Ratner and Director Yang discussed U.S.-PRC defense relations, as well as regional security issues,” a Pentagon …
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