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By Hyunsu Yim and Nobuhiro Kubo SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Monday put its ballistic missile defences on alert and warned that it would shoot down any projectile that threatened its territory after North Korea notified it of a satellite launch between May 31 and June 11. Nuclear-armed North Korea says it has completed its first military spy satellite and leader Kim Jong Un has approved final preparations for the […]

By Hyunsu Yim and Nobuhiro Kubo SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Monday put its ballistic missile defences on alert and warned that it would shoot down any projectile that threatened its territory after North Korea notified it of a satellite launch between May 31 and June 11. Nuclear-armed North Korea says it has completed its first military spy satellite and leader Kim Jong Un has approved final preparations for the […]

By Joe Cash and Bernard Orr BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao urged Japan to halt semiconductor export controls, calling it a “wrongdoing” that “seriously violated” international economic and trade rules, a statement from his ministry said on Monday. China’s latest condemnation of the export restrictions was made during Wang’s talks with Japanese Trade Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on May 26 at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in […]

Isaac Paredes homered and drove in four runs, and Wander Franco chipped in with two hits and two RBIs to pace the Tampa Bay Rays in an 11-10 shootout victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Rays took two of three in the series but needed a 15-hit attack to hold on in the series finale as they scored in each of the first […]

By Michael Church HONG KONG (Reuters) – Talking points from the week in Asian football: MUTO AT THE DOUBLE AS VISSEL KOBE MAINTAIN TWO POINT LEAD Yoshinori Muto scored twice as Vissel Kobe held on to defeat FC Tokyo 3-2 on Saturday and maintain their two point lead at the top of the J.League standings. The former Newcastle United striker volleyed in Kobe’s opener in the 20th minute before Yuya […]

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Kevin McCarthy was struggling early this year to get enough votes from his own Republicans to become Speaker of the House of Representatives, Democratic President Joe Biden called the prolonged saga a national embarrassment, then had a little fun. “I’ve got good news for you,” Biden said, pointing playfully at a reporter after a speech in Kentucky. “They just elected you speaker.” During […]

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Australia on Monday ordered nine partners to take leave and overhauled its governance board, as it battles a national scandal over the misuse of confidential government tax plans. The “big four” firm is reeling after a former tax partner consulting on new anti-tax avoidance laws shared confidential drafts with colleagues that were then used to drum up business. In an open letter, […]

(Reuters) – The International Cricket Council emphasised the importance of women’s health on Menstrual Hygiene Day on Sunday, saying the governing body aims to normalise and spark conversation around the topic of menstruation within the sport. The ICC conducted workshops for players and support staff at the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa this year with the aim of educating on how health can affect performance, what is normal […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will send three astronauts to its now fully operational space station on Tuesday as part of a crew rotation, in the fifth manned mission to the Chinese space outpost since 2021, the China Manned Space Agency announced on Monday. The spacecraft Shenzhou-16 will lift off atop a Long March 2F rocket at 9:31 a.m (0131 GMT). (Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Christopher Cushing) Brought to […]