By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – This year must mark an “inflection point” to decide the future of British defence, minister Grant Shapps said on Monday, setting out steps to better protect the nation against threats posed by a number of conflicts that are “likely to grow”. In a speech setting out his view that …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Countries making up over 60% of the world’s economic output and more than half of its population hold elections this year. Taiwanese voters on Saturday swept the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s presidential candidate Lai Ching-te into power, rejecting Chinese pressure to spurn him. And on Monday, U.S. Republican presidential candidates face the …
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By Nathan Layne, Gabriella Borter and Tim Reid INDIANOLA, Iowa (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidates exhorted their supporters to brave glacial, life-threatening temperatures in Iowa to vote in the party’s first nominating contest on Monday, amid fears a predicted record cold snap could keep many voters at home. The icy weather in the Midwestern state has …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for a larger, more authoritative Israeli-Palestinian peace conference and a timetable to implement a two-state solution as the Gaza conflict escalated and the Red Sea became a new flash point. Speaking to reporters after talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Cairo on Sunday, Wang …
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By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala’s President-elect Bernardo Arevalo arrived at the site of his planned inauguration on Sunday after the ceremony was delayed for hours by hostile lawmakers, prompting international calls for the election outcome to be honored. Arevalo shared a video of his arrival to the national theater on social media platform …
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By Judy Hua and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) -New bank lending in China rose less than expected in December, but 2023 lending hit a new record as the central bank kept policy accommodative to support an unexpectedly shaky economic recovery. Chinese banks extended 1.17 trillion yuan ($163.31 billion) in new yuan loans in December, up …
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By Tom Westbrook and Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Taiwan’s election could allay global concerns about the island’s relations with China, while prompting a light selloff domestically on Monday as investors worry the result could hinder economic policy. Vice President Lai Ching-te won the presidency on Saturday, the third consecutive term for his ruling Democratic Progressive …
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By Abdou Moustoifa MORONI (Reuters) -Voting took place in Comoros on Sunday in an election widely expected to hand a fourth five-year term to President Azali Assoumani, while his five opponents said the vote was tainted by accusations of pre-marked ballots in favour of the incumbent. The polls opened across the Indian Ocean archipelago at …
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AGAM, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupted on Sunday, with ash rising 1,300 metres (4,300 feet) from the peak six weeks month after a fatal eruption, according to the country’s geological agency. The volcano in West Sumatra province erupted at least twice by 0337 GMT on Sunday, the agency said, urging the evacuation of …
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By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s foreign ministry and its embassies around the world condemned foreign governments that congratulated Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and its president-elect Lai Ching-te after an election on Saturday. After the DPP’s presidential candidate Lai won the vote, several ministers and politicians in countries that share warm, if in most …
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