By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Noor Jehan, an elephant in Pakistan’s Karachi Zoo, is critically ill after the 17-year-old fell in a pond on Thursday in a small enclosure. Right after the fall Four Paws, a global animal welfare organization, recommended lifting Noor Jehan with a crane, ropes and belts. She has since …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -China on Friday hit back at comments by the Polish prime minister that linked the war in Ukraine to a possible Chinese attack on Taiwan, accusing him of interfering in its internal affairs. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said during a speech on Thursday at the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington, D.C., …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha got a soaking on Friday as a surprise participant in one of the world’s biggest water fights, showing no signs of any dampened spirits from a slump in popularity just weeks from an election. Dressed in the bright Hawaiian shirt traditionally worn at the Thai New Year …
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By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – Developed countries should speed up agreed climate change mitigation investments and technology development, said a joint statement from Brazil and China on Friday. “We remain very concerned that funding provided by developed countries continues to fall short of the commitment of $100 billion per year,” said the statement signed …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday directed the central bank to issue funds for provincial snap polls, a court order said, a day after parliament ruled against provision of the money, deepening a discord between the judiciary and the government amid months of economic and political turmoil. Chief Justice Umar …
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(Refiles to fix typo on first paragraph) LONDON (Reuters) – There is no evidence yet showing which animal the COVID-causing virus may have come from, the former head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday. George Gao, who was speaking at a London summit on preparing for pandemics, was …
By Humeyra Pamuk, Francesco Guarascio and David Brunnstrom HANOI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Vietnam on Friday hoping for progress towards upgrading relations with a key trade partner that shares U.S. worries about China’s growing might. For Hanoi, it will be a delicate test: how to show openness to the …
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(Reuters) – Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu will discuss global and regional security at planned talks on April 16-18, the defence ministry in Moscow said on Friday. Russia and China have declared a “no limits” partnership” and have moved to further strengthen their economic, political and military ties since …
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By Soo-hyang Choi and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea announced on Friday it had tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a development set to “radically promote” its forces, which experts said would facilitate missile launches with little warning. Leader Kim Jong Un guided Thursday’s test, and warned it would make enemies …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China denied on Friday that it had imposed a no-fly zone in the seas north of Taiwan for Sunday, even though Taipei said it was told by Beijing that China would impose one. Taiwan’s transport ministry said Beijing had initially notified Taipei it would impose a no-fly zone from April 16-18, but …
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