The publication this week of the UN nuclear watchdog’s positive assessment of Japanese plans to pump more than 1m tonnes of water from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean has failed to placate opponents.
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BEIJING, July 7 (Reuters) – The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said on Friday it had found no evidence to support or validate allegations made by its former communications chief that it is dominated by the Chinese Communist Party, in a statement…
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NATO, which originally begin as an anti-communist military pact covering the North Atlantic, has expanded its focus in recent years to include the risk to global security posed by China, including cyberattacks, weaponisation of trade and danger of con…
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Switzerland has to save CHF10 million ($11.2 million) in its foreign service presence. But the Swiss Abroad fear it will come at their expense, and are fighting back.
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The key to Australia's aviation recovery is not just about the major Chinese carriers returning, but the sector also needs all the other overseas carriers back to return to 100% of pre-COVID levels.
While Sydney and Melbourne have large domestic marke…
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Trade tensions between Washington and Beijing are riding high while U.S. inflation data will inform the Federal Reserve’s next move and rate setters in New Zealand and Canada meet.
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Dow Jones futures edged lower early Friday, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. The June jobs report looms large.
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The stock market rally retreated Thursday as strong economic data sent Treasury yields soaring, though indexes pared mo…
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BEIJING (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is visiting Beijing as part of efforts to revive U.S.-Chinese relations that are at their lowest level in decades due to disputes over technology, security and other irritants.
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Houston police say that the man thought to be “missing” for eight years was at home the whole time. Marjorie Taylor Greene is voted out of the House Freedom Caucus. And Britney Spears wants an apology after an incident at a Las Vegas hotel.
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Twitter threatens to sue Meta over its new rival Threads app just a few hours after its official launch.
Gaining over 30 million subscribers in less than 24 hours, it's no secret that the so-called Twitter killer aims to replace the popular microblogg…
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MANILA – The Philippines and China should come up with an amicable arrangement to prevent the “megaphone war” in the West Philippine Sea from turning into a violent encounter, an international studies analyst sa…
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The original Extraction quickly became one of the most-streamed movies on Netflix after its debut in 2020, and its sequel, Extraction 2, has since cemented the series among action aficionados out there.…
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BEIJING – The United States and China, the world’s two biggest economies, must compete fairly and communicate closely to avoid misunderstandings, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in Beijing on Saturday.…
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More than 7,400 unionized employees at more than 30 ports along British Columbia's coast are off the job in a labour dispute that concerns, among a number of issues, how automation will affect the future of work at vital maritime gateways for Can…
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The bill was expected to clear the Australian parliament in June and come into force on July 1. However, the version of the bill that passed last month removed crucial disclosures, with the Australian government announcing a delay of the planned public…
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of people marched in South Korea’s capital on Saturday demanding Japan scrap its plans to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, as the head of the U.N.…
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BEIJING, July 8 (Reuters) – The United States and China, the world's two biggest economies, must compete fairly and communicate closely to avoid misunderstandings, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in Beijing on Saturday.…
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Of all the things that could inflame tensions in a region that could someday be a theatre of war between superpowers, the movie Barbie was not an obvious catalyst. Yet here we are.…
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