By Echo Wang and Michael Martina NEW YORK (Reuters) -China’s new ambassador to Washington Xie Feng said on Tuesday that he will seek to enhance China-U.S. cooperation, but that relations face serious challenges. “I have come here to safeguard China’s interest. This is my sacred responsibility,” Xie told reporters after landing at New York City’s John …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s new ambassador to the United States Xie Feng arrived in New York on Tuesday to take up his duties, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. Xie was most recently vice foreign minister and in this post has been involved in high-profile diplomatic spats with Washington that have driven relations between the two …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Safeguarding the Dutch economy and cyberspace is a priority for the Netherlands, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said in China on Tuesday as Western governments adopt an increasingly defensive stance towards Beijing. Hoekstra was the first Dutch minister to visit China since the world’s second-largest economy reopened its borders after …
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By Joyce Zhou and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – A watch that was once owned by the last emperor of China’s Qing Dynasty, whose life formed the basis of the Oscar-winning film “The Last Emperor,” sold for a record HK$49 million ($6.2 million) at a Hong Kong auction on Tuesday. An Asian collector residing …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday was questioned by an anti-graft agency on corruption charges, his lawyer said, less than a week after he rejected a summons to appear and denounced the allegations against him. The embattled Khan, who says corruption charges have been concocted, is embroiled in …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Hari Budha Magar, the first above the knee double amputee to scale Mount Everest, said on Sunday that his ascent would raise awareness about disability. Magar, 43, climbed the 8,848-metre (29,032-foot) Everest on artificial legs on Friday and is now taking rest at the base camp, said Pravat Adhikari …
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By Jibran Ahmad and Ariba Shahid PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -Islamist militants stormed a natural gas and oil extraction plant in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing four police and two private guards, police said. The attack by up to 50 militants took place at a plant run by the MOL Pakistan Oil and Gas Company in Hangu …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization urged countries on Monday to carry out reforms needed to prepare for the next pandemic, hailing their “historic” decision to accept a major budget hike at the U.N. agency’s annual assembly. Speaking at the assembly weeks after ending the global emergency status …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -A Nepali sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 28th time on Tuesday, an official said, completing his second ascent in just a week, as the toll in this year’s climbing season rose to 11. Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, reached the 8,849-metre (29,032-feet) summit by the traditional …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s populous east coast is likely to have a drier, warmer winter, the weather bureau said on Tuesday, as it forecast the likelihood of an El Nino weather pattern could be twice as high this year. Drier weather would return Australia to its long-term trend of hotter weather and declining rainfall after …
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