
Exclusive: Philippine defense secretary vows to stand up to 'bully' China
China is behaving like a schoolyard bully toward smaller countries, the Philippines defense secretary told CNN Friday during an exclusive interview in which he said his nation had to stand up to Beijing's territorial expansion in the South China Sea.
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Inflation in Japan's capital slows but pressures persist
By Takahiko Wada and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Core inflation in Japan's capital slowed in September for the third straight
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Games-Zhang's brilliant Asian Games continues with fifth gold medal
By Ian Ransom and Martin Quin Pollard HANGZHOU, China Asian Games poster-girl Zhang Yufei pipped Hong Kong's Siobhan
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Oil climbs 3% as steep US crude stocks draw adds to supply concerns
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON Oil prices surged 3% on Wednesday to the highest settlement in 2023, after a
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China Evergrande's billionaire boss goes from power circles to criminal investigation
By Clare Jim HONG KONG Mingling with power brokers at celebrations to mark the centenary of the Chinese
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Mason Mount is the face of Nike's new underwear campaign
Manchester United star Mason Mount is fronting the Autumn/Winter 2023 Nike Campaign.
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Elizabeth Debicki 'always' admired Princess Diana’s 'iconic' style
'The Crown' star Elizabeth Debicki “has always” admired Princess Diana’s “iconic” style before she donned her looks for two years for 'The Crown'.
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Volkswagen restarts production after suffering major IT outage
By Christoph Steitz FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Volkswagen said on Thursday that a major IT outage, which had caused most of its
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North Korea amends constitution to bolster nuclear power status, calls US and allies 'worst threat'
North Korea has amended its constitution to bolster and expand its nuclear force, with leader Kim Jong Un pointing to the growing cooperation between the United States, South Korea and Japan as "the worst actual threat" facing the isolated nation.
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Taiwan unveils first domestically built submarine as China threat grows
Taiwan unveiled its first-ever domestically built submarine on Thursday, an accomplishment the island democracy's leader hailed as a significant milestone as Taipei works to boost its military deterrence in the face of a growing threat from Beijing.
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Singapore govt announces additional $802 million to ease cost of living
SINGAPORE Singapore's finance ministry on Thursday announced an additional S$1.1 billion ($802 million) to help households handle increases
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South Korea has jailed a man for using AI to create sexual images of children in a first for country's courts
A South Korean man has been sentenced to jail for using artificial intelligence to generate exploitative images of children, the first case of its kind in the country as courts around the world encounter the use of new technologies in creating abusive sexual content.
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