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BEIJING (Reuters) – Capital Beijing and several provinces in China will be affected by thick, dense sandstorms that will severely affect visibility, Chinese weather authorities said on Wednesday. The Central Meteorological Observatory issued yellow warning signals from Wednesday to early morning Thursday for Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui and Hubei …

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By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Wednesday that four new military bases under a defense agreement with the U.S. would be located in various parts of the Philippines, including in a province facing the South China Sea. Last month, Marcos granted the U.S. access to four sites, on …

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By Stefanno Sulaiman SAMBOJA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Just outside Indonesia’s planned new capital on Borneo island, an orangutan catches a banana with one hand, thrown by a conservationist on a boat, while her other hand clings to a tree branch. She is one of 127 orangutans that the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) is caring …

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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Canadian authorities have started several investigations into the allegations of Chinese interference in Canada’s last two elections, accusations that Beijing denies. Here are some investigations by Canada on the issue: SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR PROBE Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 15 appointed David Johnston, a veteran former official, as a special …

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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Kyiv had suggested to China that Beijing join a Ukrainian peace formula to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, but that it was still waiting for an answer. He made the remark during a joint briefing in Kyiv with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Beijing …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -If China wants to play a constructive role in Ukraine, its president, Xi Jinping, should urge Russia to end its invasion of Ukraine, John Kirby, the White House national security spokesperson, said on Tuesday. Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin emerged from two days of talks on Tuesday with warm words of friendship …

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By Valentyn Ogirenko and Yoshifumi Takemoto BUCHA, Ukraine/TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Fumio Kishida met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Tuesday during a rare, unannounced visit by a Japanese leader that underscored Tokyo’s emphatic support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion. The Japanese prime minister had been the only leader of the Group of …

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