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TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's main opposition presidential candidate has promised to reverse an extension of compulsory military service due to take effect in January, saying he will ease tensions with ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Veteran politician Wan Muhamad Noor Matha of Thailand's Prachachart Party looked set to be confirmed as speaker of the new House of Representatives after being the only name put fo...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Monday it will impose export restrictions on some gallium and germanium products from Aug. 1 to protect national security interests. Here are some details about galli...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Eight Chinese aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday morning, an unofficial barrier between the two sides, Taiwan's defence ministry said, as China ramps u...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea appeared to have eased a strict COVID-19 mask mandate, media reports said this week, after state news agencies showed many people maskless. The isolated country has maint...

The visiting Houston Astros blew an eight-run lead, then rallied in the ninth inning on RBI doubles from Jose Abreu and Chas McCormick for a wild 12-11 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday at Arli...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. semiconductor wafer maker AXT Inc said on Monday it would seek permits to keep exporting gallium and germanium substrate products from China, after Beijing abruptly imposed e...

By Xie Yu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Most Asian stocks fell on Tuesday, while the U.S. dollar and oil steadied, as investors held safe ranges awaiting more clues on whether central banks will continue thei...

(Reuters) - Vladimir Dunaev, a Russian national who is in pre-trial detention in Ohio on cybercrime charges, has met for the first time with Russian embassy employees, the Russian embassy in the U.S. ...

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The yen nudged up on Tuesday but remained vulnerable to more weakness, hovering near the key 145 per dollar level as markets were on alert for signs of interven...