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South Korea President Lee, Japan PM Ishiba agree to strengthen ties
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's newly-elected President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed during a telephone call to strengthen bilateral ties, a South Korean presidential...
Jun 9, 2025
Putin approves big revamp of Russia's navy, Kremlin aide says
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a new naval strategy which aims to fully restore Russia's position as one of the world's leading maritime powers, Kremlin aide Nikolai P...
Jun 9, 2025
Ukrainian tenor Gorai dies while volunteering in Sumy, Odesa opera says
(Reuters) -Tenor Vladislav Gorai, a soloist with the Odesa National Opera, died on Sunday while engaged in a volunteer mission in the northern region of Sumy bordering Russia, opera officials said. Mo...
Jun 9, 2025
South Korea President Lee's election law violation hearing postponed indefinitely, court says
SEOUL (Reuters) -A Seoul court said on Monday it will indefinitely postpone a trial of President Lee Jae-myung on charges of violating election law in 2022. South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in May, b...
Jun 8, 2025
Several Japanese military members injured in explosion at U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa
TOKYO (Reuters) -Several Japanese Self-Defense Force members were injured on Monday in an explosion at an ammunition storage area inside the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, southern Japan,...
Jun 8, 2025
India's $80 billion coal-power boom is running short of water
By Krishna N. Das and Sarita Chaganti Singh CHANDRAPUR/SOLAPUR, India (Reuters) -April marks the start of the cruelest months for residents of Solapur, a hot and dry district in western India. As temp...
Jun 8, 2025
China to make all hospitals offer epidurals to incentivise childbirth
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China said that by the end of this year all tertiary level hospitals must offer epidural anaesthesia during childbirth, a move it said would help promote a "friendly childbearing ...
Jun 8, 2025
Japan confirms China's aircraft carrier sailed east of Iwo Jima for first time
TOKYO (Reuters) -The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sailed through waters east of the island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean for the first time, Japan's top government spokesperson said on Monday....
Jun 8, 2025
Ukraine's drone attack halts work at electronic plant in Chuvashia, Russia says
(Reuters) -Production was temporarily suspended at an electronics company in Russia's Volga river region of Chuvashia, some 1,300 km (800 miles) from the border with Ukraine, after two drones fell on ...
Jun 8, 2025
South Korea president calls for measures to respond to rising prices
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Monday called for measures to stabilise prices, saying the increasing cost of living is causing "too much pain". The newly elected leader, who ...
Jun 8, 2025
