By Joyce Lee and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – A passenger on an Asiana Airlines flight told police he opened a door on the plane minutes before it landed in Daegu, South Korea, on Friday because he was “uncomfortable”, Yonhap News Agency reported. The man, in his thirties, was detained on landing. He told police …
By Steve Holland, Moira Warburton and Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic President Joe Biden and a Republican negotiator said on Friday they were working on a deal to raise the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling after the Treasury Department warned that a June 5 default loomed without action. The two sides have been negotiating …
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By Jorge Garcia LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Unions representing teachers, truck drivers and other workers who will be headed soon to the bargaining table turned out in downtown Los Angeles on Friday to support Hollywood’s striking film and television writers. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) began a work stoppage on May 2 after failing …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Los Angeles residents have been charged with acting in a Beijing-directed scheme targeting U.S.-based practitioners of the Falun Gong group that is outlawed in China, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. John Chen, also known as Chen Jun, and Lin Feng were arrested in California over allegations they supported Chinese …
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By Dewi Kurniawati JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s anti-monopoly agency (KPPU) ordered seven cooking oil companies on Friday to pay fines of up to $2.8 million for restricting sales amid scarce supplies last year. KPPU launched an investigation into the conduct of cooking oil companies last year after the Indonesian government placed a temporary cap on …
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By Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam aims to cut its rice exports to 4 million tonnes a year by 2030, the government said in a document detailing its rice export strategy, down from 7.1 million tonnes last year. Vietnam is the world’s third-largest rice exporter, after India and Thailand. The move is aimed at “boosting …
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(This May 26 story has been refiled to remove the reference to Maleno as Morocco-based in paragraph 10) GRAN CANARIA/RABAT (Reuters) – Spain said on Friday it was probing reports of casualties among a group of migrants trying to reach the Canary Islands from Africa, after a charity cited survivors as saying Moroccan soldiers opened …
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By Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) -Rebels in Indonesia’s Papua region threatened to shoot a New Zealand pilot they took hostage in February if countries do not comply with their demand to start independence talks within two months, a new video released by the group on Friday showed. Guerrilla fighters in Papua’s central highlands, who want …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -The United States and Japan will deepen cooperation in the research and development of advanced chips and other technologies, they said on Friday, the latest sign of the two allies strengthening ties in semiconductors. The move, which also includes collaboration on quantum computing and discussions on artificial intelligence, comes as both Washington and …
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By Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) – Sudan’s army called on Friday for reservists and retired soldiers to re-enlist amid a deadly conflict with a rival paramilitary and asked the United Nations to change its envoy to the country. The call to former soldiers to present themselves at their nearest military base looked …
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