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Analysis-As inflation bites, Japan’s PM finds unlikely ally in labour unions
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - As Japan faces its first major battle with inflation in decades, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is extending a rare olive branch to labour unions,...
Aug 04, 2022
Three missing, thousands ordered to evacuate as rain pounds northern Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) - At least three people were missing and thousands in northern Japan were ordered to evacuate on Thursday after torrential rains pounded the area, flooding roads and causing rivers to ...
Aug 04, 2022
Russia’s ambassador to Japan pays respects at Hiroshima – media
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Russia's ambassador to Japan paid his respects at a memorial in Hiroshima on Thursday saying he wanted to highlight Russia's efforts to reduce nuclear arms and critici...
Aug 04, 2022
China made multiple incursions of median line; Taiwan deployed missile systems to track – source
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Chinese navy ships and military aircraft briefly crossed the Taiwan Strait median line on Thursday morning, a Taiwan source briefed on the matter told Reuters on Thursday. Around 10...
Aug 04, 2022
Chinese military carries out precision strikes in eastern part of Taiwan Strait
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Eastern Military Command said on Thursday that it had carried out long-range firing in precision strikes at specific areas in the eastern part of the Taiwan Strait as part ...
Aug 04, 2022
Taliban say investigating U.S. claim of killing al Qaeda leader
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Taliban are investigating a U.S. "claim" that al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, a Taliban official said...
Aug 04, 2022
Malaysia’s ban on chicken exports expected to end on Aug. 31 – minister
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's ban on chicken exports is expected to end on Aug. 31, Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Ronald Kiandee told parliament on Thursday. Malaysia, which supplies ...
Aug 04, 2022
China foreign minister calls Pelosi’s Taiwan visit ‘manic’, ‘irrational’
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday called U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan a "manic, irresponsible and highly irrational" action by the United States, st...
Aug 04, 2022
Sullivan expresses concern over Iranian-American journalist’s safety
(Reuters) - U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke with Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad on Wednesday and expressed his concern over her safety following the arrest of a man with...
Aug 03, 2022
China warns that its temperatures are rising faster than global average
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's average ground temperatures have risen much more quickly than the global average over the past 70 years and will remain "significantly higher" in the future as the challen...
Aug 03, 2022
