TASHKENT (Reuters) -Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev holds an early election on Sunday to extend his rule for another seven years, just months after changing the constitution to lift term limits that would have required him to step aside in 2026. Mirziyoyev, 65, has brought Uzbekistan out of near-isolation since taking power in 2016 after the …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -One person has died and seven were missing after a landslide overtook a highway construction site on an expressway in central China, local government officials said on Sunday. Six people were found alive and injuries were reported from Saturday’s landslide, officials in Hubei province said in a post on the province’s WeChat account, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China is tamping down on meetings that provide false information and could harm citizens, state media said, as the authorities step up oversight on what they consider questionable activities in various areas. The Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and 10 other authorities issued a circular calling for …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, is shoring up the city’s electricity supply for the FISU Summer World University Games later this month as power grids across the country get stretched to their limits due to sweltering heat. A power supply command-and-dispatch centre began operations in June for the Chengdu Universiade, which …
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(Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday she believes China and the U.S. have made some progress and can have a healthy relationship, following 10 hours of bilateral meetings with senior Chinese officials in Beijing. Yellen’s trip was the latest in efforts to stabilize tense relations and prevent conflict between the world’s …
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare arrives in China on Sunday for his first visit since striking a security deal, pledging to “remain neutral” amid rising China-U.S. competition and prioritise his nation’s development needs. Western analysts said Sogavare would be feted after signing the security pact that alarmed Washington and …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Paraguay’s president-elect, Santiago Pena, will visit Taiwan this week and meet “great friend” President Tsai Ing-wen, he said on Sunday, shoring up a relationship at a time China is working to entice the island’s dwindling allies. Paraguay is the last South American country with formal relations with Taiwan. The island, claimed by …
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By Andrea Shalal BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday urged closer communication between China and the United States to improve economic decision-making, and challenged China to join global initiatives to help poorer nations address climate change. Despite bilateral tensions, record high U.S.-Chinese trade last year showed there was “ample room” to …
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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Seoul on Saturday during a visit to South Korea by the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog aimed at calming fears over Japan’s plan to discharge treated radioactive water from its tsunami-hit Fukushima plant. Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic …
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By Tim Kelly and Irene Wang TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Saturday marked one year since former prime minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down during an election speech by a man angry at his links to the Unification Church. The death of Japan’s longest serving prime minister, which was caught on video, rattled a nation …
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