By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard
TAIPEI, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Taiwan cherishes peace but will not give up its freedom, and there must be respect for the right of Taiwan's people to exist, President Lai Ching-te said on Saturday in a national day speech, adding that boosting defences is not a provocation.
Democratically governed Taiwan has faced increased military and political pressure from China, which views the island as its own territory... (continue reading...)
BEIJING, Oct 10 (Reuters) - China added 10.52 million urban jobs in the first nine months of the year, meeting 87.7% of its annual target, the labour ministry said on Saturday.
The ministry is also planning new measures to boost hiring in the services sector.
The surveyed urban unemployment rate averaged 5.2% from January to August, and employment remained "generally stable," officials from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social... (continue reading...)
Oct 9 (Reuters) - Hurricane Isaias rapidly lost windspeed on Friday, weakening into a Category 1 event after making landfall near Destin, Florida, the US National Hurricane Center said, but warned of danger from storm surges and floods as power links snapped.
The hurricane was about 65 miles (105 km) west-northwest of Panama City, Florida, packing maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 kph), the NHC said in its most recent advisory.
... (continue reading...)By Jacob Bogage
SYRACUSE, New York, Oct 9 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump reiterated his complaints on Friday about not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it a disgraceful and embarrassing decision that had left a stain on Norway, which hosts the Nobel committee.
Trump unleashed on Norway hours after the committee awarded this year's prize to Navi Pillay, a former International Criminal Court judge who oversaw a UN report... (continue reading...)
TAIPEI, Oct 10 (Reuters) - China's maritime actions off Taiwan's east coast are "deeply destabilising" and only worsen tension, the US State Department said, after Reuters reported the first known sighting of a Chinese militia boat in those waters in August.
China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has stepped up activity off the island's east coast since June with regular coast guard patrols.
Officials in Taiwan, which rejects... (continue reading...)
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