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Airbus to China: We support you, please buy our jets

BRUSSELS (REUTERS) - China's decision to ease a boycott of some US$11 billion (S$13.6 billion) in Airbus jet orders followed a high-level appeal from the...
Japan, Russia seek progress on dispute over islands

MOSCOW - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin have pledged to renew efforts to find a solution to a decades-long territorial...
First summit between Japan and Russia in a decade

TOKYO - Japan and Russia expect to clinch up to 20 deals, launch an investment fund and reopen talks on a territorial row that has kept them from signing a...
What Europe's mistakes teach Asia

A CHINESE proverb tells us that it is wise to learn from your own mistakes but wiser to learn from those of others. Asian leaders should take this advice to...
EU, Japan start trade talks

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Union (EU) and Japan began a first round of talks on Monday to clinch one of the world's biggest free-trade deals in hopes of...
G-8 ministers strongly condemn North Korea nuclear moves

LONDON (AFP) - G-8 foreign ministers meeting in London on Thursday condemned "in the strongest possible terms" North Korea's nuclear activities and threats to...
North Korea warns it cannot protect embassies after April 10

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea on Friday warned foreign embassies in Pyongyang that it was unable to guarantee their safety after April 10 and they should consider...
South Korea to buy bunker busting missiles from Europe

SEOUL (REUTERS) - South Korea is to buy Taurus bunker-busting air-to-ground long range missiles for its F-15K strike fighters in a move to boost its strike...

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