By YP Rajesh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is poised to overtake China as the world’s most populous nation, with almost 3 million more people than its neighbour by the middle of this year, data released on Wednesday by the United Nations showed. India’s population by mid-year is estimated at 1.4286 billion, against 1.4257 billion …
By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -The European Union has said it is seriously concerned about the arrest of two prominent Chinese human rights activists and has called for their immediate release after they were detained in Beijing last week en route to a meeting with EU officials. The detention of Yu Wensheng and Xu Yan …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Visitors to Japan surged in March to their highest after the COVID-19 pandemic, official data showed on Wednesday, with overseas tourists flocking to see the nation’s famous cherry blossoms for the first time in four years as travel curbs eased. The number of foreign visitors for business and leisure stood at 1.82 …
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(Reuters) – China has lodged solemn representations with the Japanese embassy in Beijing over negative comments on China made by the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday. China expresses serious concerns and strong dissatisfaction over the comments, the ministry said. (Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
BEIJING (Reuters) -The death toll rose to 29 on Wednesday from a fire at a Beijing hospital that was one of the Chinese capital’s deadliest in at least two decades, killing 26 patients and wounding dozens. Social media showed dramatic videos of people using tied bed sheets to climb down the walls to escape smoke …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian authorities said on Wednesday they had rescued 11 Indonesian fishermen from a desert island in the Indian Ocean after their vessel shipwrecked during a powerful cyclone, stranding them there for six days without food and water. Eight fishermen are still missing, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said. The survivors were …
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By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said preparations for the planned launch of the country’s first spy satellite should go ahead to counter what he called threats from the United States and South Korea, state media reported on Wednesday. Analysts say the military satellite is part of the reclusive, …
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By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China is increasing its Antarctic footprint according to new satellite imagery collected by a Washington-based think tank that shows construction has resumed for the first time since 2018 on the country’s fifth station in the southern polar region. Beijing has sought to develop new shipping routes in the Arctic …
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(Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told his Chinese counterpart on Tuesday that their countries’ military cooperation was a “stabilising” force in the world and helped to reduce the chances of conflict, Russian news agencies reported. China has emerged as Russia’s most important international partner in the 14 months since Moscow invaded Ukraine. Chinese …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Twenty-one people were killed after a fire broke out in the east wing of the inpatient department of a hospital in China’s capital Beijing, the Beijing Daily reported on Tuesday. The fire broke out at around 12:57 p.m.(0457 GMT) and was extinguished at around 13:33 p.m. after an emergency team rushed to …
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