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NATO needs 'warfighting transformation', top military official says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A top NATO military official called on public and private actors in the West on Wednesday to prepare for an era in which anything could happen at any time, including fighting a wa...
Jan 17, 2024
Pope condemns Iran strike on Iraq, appeals against escalation
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned the Iranian missile attack on the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, and urged all parties to avoid an escalation of conflicts in the Middl...
Jan 17, 2024
Thai lawyer who called for monarchy reform sentenced to more jail time
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court sentenced a jailed activist lawyer to four years in prison on Wednesday for royal insults from a 2021 social media post, his lawyer said, in one of the country's high ...
Jan 17, 2024
Japan sees record 2.73 million visitors in December in COVID recovery year
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan welcomed a record number of visitors in December, official data showed on Wednesday, closing out a year of rapid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The number ...
Jan 17, 2024
First prosecution witness testifies against Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong
By Jessie Pang and Edward Cho HONG KONG (Reuters) - The first prosecution witness to testify in a landmark national security case against Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai said on Wednesday he had been...
Jan 17, 2024
Indian, Chinese troops clashed twice in 2022 even as peace talks were on
By Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian and Chinese soldiers clashed at least two times in 2022 along their Himalayan frontier where they have been involved in a bitter standoff since 2020, acc...
Jan 17, 2024
Winter weather snarls air, train travel across Germany
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Jan 17, 2024
China state media races to plant presence in Nauru after switch from Taiwan
By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - A reporter from Xinhua landed in Nauru on Wednesday, the first from China's official news agency to step foot on the remote Pacific Islands nation after it ditched Taiw...
Jan 17, 2024
China says threats of force over Taiwan not aimed at most Taiwanese
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's position that it will not renounce the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control is aimed at foreign interference and a tiny number of separatists, the Chinese governm...
Jan 16, 2024
China's population drops for 2nd year, raises long-term growth concerns
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's population fell for a second consecutive year in 2023, as a plunging birth rate and a wave of COVID-19 deaths when strict lockdowns ended accelerated a downturn that will h...
Jan 16, 2024
