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Japan-US alliance would crumble if Tokyo ignored Taiwan crisis, PM Takaichi says
TOKYO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan's strategic alliance with the U.S. would collapse if Tokyo were to turn away from a conflict in Taiwan, but distanced herself from pr...
Jan 26, 2026
Fearing China clash, Japan asks fishermen to avoid flashpoint islands
ISHIGAKI, Japan, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Hitoshi Nakama, 76, sees himself as a frontline defender of Japan's claims to disputed islands in the East China Sea, where he regularly evades Chinese coast guard ...
Jan 26, 2026
Australian heatwave fans bushfires, towns evacuated, Melbourne endures hottest day in 17 years
By Renju Jose and Christine Chen SYDNEY, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A major heatwave across Australia's southeast stoked bushfires, forced hundreds of residents in rural towns to evacuate and brought record-b...
Jan 26, 2026
UK's Starmer heads to China to repair ties as he navigates tensions with US
LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Keir Starmer will fly to China on Tuesday on the first visit by a British leader in eight years, in a bid to mend ties with the world's second-largest economy...
Jan 26, 2026
Bovino removed from his role as US Border Patrol commander at large, The Atlantic reports
Jan 26 (Reuters) - Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as the "commander at large" for the U.S. Border Patrol and will return to his former job in California, where he is expected to retire ...
Jan 26, 2026
Divers to be deployed in search for missing in Philippine ferry sinking
MANILA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The Philippine Coast Guard will deploy divers on Tuesday to search for the remaining missing passengers after a vessel carrying more than 300 people capsized en route to the...
Jan 26, 2026
Hezbollah says Israeli strike killed Al-Manar TV presenter in southern Lebanon
Jan 26 (Reuters) - The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Monday that an Israeli strike in the country's south killed TV presenter Ali Nour al-Din, who worked for the group's affiliated Al-Manar t...
Jan 26, 2026
US Official says Washington is open for business if Iran wishes to contact them
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The United States is "open for business" if Iran wishes to contact Washington, a U.S. official said on Monday, as the United States seeks to pressure Tehran over a gover...
Jan 26, 2026
Rift at influential Silicon Valley venture firm shows tech's divide over ICE shooting
By Aditya Soni Jan 26 (Reuters) - Heated political rhetoric over the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by immigration agents in Minneapolis on Saturday spilled into Silicon Valley as partners at an inf...
Jan 26, 2026
South Korea reassures on US investment pledge after Trump threatens to hike tariffs
By Joyce Lee, Jihoon Lee and Andrea Shalal SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - South Korea scrambled on Tuesday to assure the U.S. it remained committed to implementing a trade deal after President D...
Jan 26, 2026
