SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung is the frontrunner for the June 3 snap presidential election, vowing political and economic reforms to help the country recover from the shock of December's brief martial law.
Here are some of the main policy proposals put forward by Lee and his party:
ECONOMY
The Democratic Party has vowed to gradually increase budgets for research and development and... (continue reading...)
By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Leo XIV has told the world's Jewish communities he wants to strengthen the Roman Catholic Church’s dialogue with them, in a message coming after a souring of relations between the Vatican and Israel over the war in Gaza.
The first U.S.-born pope sent a letter to Rabbi Noam Marans, the Director of Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee, who posted the letter on the social... (continue reading...)
By Ahmed Eljechtimi
RABAT (Reuters) -The French Development Agency (AFD) said it would invest 150 million euros ($167 million) in Western Sahara in 2025-2026, following Paris' recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over the disputed desert territory.
The long-frozen conflict, dating back to 1975, pits Morocco, which considers the territory as its own, against the Algeria-backed Polisario front, which seeks an independent state called the... (continue reading...)
LONDON (Reuters) -British retailer Marks and Spencer said on Tuesday some personal customer information was taken in the cyber attack that has crippled its online operation for more than three weeks.
M&S, one of the best known names in British business, stopped taking online orders on April 25, and its share price has fallen 15% since the Easter weekend, when problems with orders first started.
The retailer, whose 1,000 stores remain open, is... (continue reading...)
By Liz Lee and Eduardo Baptista
BEIJING (Reuters) - Haiti's foreign minister was one of Taiwan's two diplomatic allies attending a forum on Tuesday in Beijing between China and Latin American and Caribbean countries, as China steps up its pressure campaign against the diplomatically isolated island.
Democratically governed Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, has formal ties with only 12 nations, two of which, Haiti and Saint... (continue reading...)
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US mission in Taipei says Trump's 'unification' comment was about US-China trade
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US mission in Taipei says Trump's 'unification' comment was about US-China trade
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US mission in Taipei says Trump's 'unification' comment was about US-China trade
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US mission in Taipei says Trump's 'unification' comment was about US-China trade
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US mission in Taipei says Trump's 'unification' comment was about US-China trade
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US mission in Taipei says Trump's 'unification' comment was about US-China trade
