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China objects to US arms sales to Taiwan
Reuters, Published on 24/04/2024
» TAIPEI/BEIJING - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday she was happy the United States Congress had passed a sweeping foreign aid package which includes arms support for the island, as China urged Washington to stop selling weapons to Taipei.
Rebel fire and China's ire: Inside Myanmar's anti-junta offensive
Reuters, Published on 15/12/2023
» YANGON - Generals from Myanmar's junta held peace talks in June near the border with China with representatives of three powerful ethnic armies. They sat across a wide table covered with blue cloth and decorated with elaborate bouquets.
E-cigarette marketing practices under probe
Reuters, Published on 30/08/2019
» WASHINGTON: The Federal Trade Commission is investigating the marketing practices of e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc, sending shares of tobacco stocks down, a person briefed on the matter said Thursday.
Rights group urges Myanmar sanctions over Rohingya
Reuters, Published on 18/09/2017
» YANGON: A rights group has called for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo against the Myanmar military in response to an offensive that has sent 410,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh to escape what the United Nations has branded ethnic cleansing.
In rough terrain, Payless emerges as rare bankruptcy survivor
Business, Reuters, Published on 11/08/2017
» CHICAGO: Payless ShoeSource Inc is set to emerge from bankruptcy this week, one of the largest retail chains to do so, and is banking on a strategy focused primarily on bricks-and-mortar sales at a time when e-commerce is casting an ever-growing footprint on retail sales.
Asean officers board Japanese ship for South China Sea tour
Reuters, Published on 19/06/2017
» TOKYO - Southeast Asian military officers have embarked on a four-day tour of the South China Sea on the Japanese navy's Izumo-class helicopter carrier in the latest sign Japan is stepping up efforts to counter growing Chinese influence.
Japan arms show aims to build military ties in Southeast Asia
Reuters, Published on 12/06/2017
» TOKYO - Defence firms will put out their wares on Monday at Japan's only dedicated arms show, a site for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government to promote industrial military ties that will bolster the country's influence in Southeast Asia.
EU demands Apple pay Ireland €13bn in tax
Reuters, Published on 30/08/2016
» BRUSSELS - EU antitrust regulators ordered Apple on Tuesday to pay up to €13 billion ($14.5 billion) in taxes plus interest to the Irish government after ruling that a special scheme to route profits through Ireland was illegal state aid.
Bid to break the jinx lies in a bottle of ketchup
Business, Reuters, Published on 11/02/2015
» TOKYO: For Tokyo-based condiments maker Kagome Co Ltd, and perhaps for Japan's government, the challenge of breaking with a decade and a half of deflation boils down to the price of a bottle of ketchup.