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LONDON (Reuters) – The British government said it would end the requirement for people flying from mainland China to England to provide proof of a negative pre-departure COVID-19 test from April 5. From Friday, the UK Health Security Agency’s voluntary, on-arrival testing programme of travellers arriving from China to London’s Heathrow airport will also end, …

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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan will remain resilient and pragmatic and support its allies, not bowing before the “big bully in the neighbourhood”, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Friday as the island faces the loss of long-term ally Honduras to China. On Tuesday, Honduran President Xiomara Castro announced the government would seek diplomatic ties with …

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By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s education minister will visit Taiwan next week with a view to improving cooperation between Berlin and Taipei on semiconductors, a ministry spokesperson said on Friday, adding that the issue of sovereignty will not be the focus of the trip. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory and has …

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By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Russia next week to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin, the two countries said on Friday, as Beijing touts a plan to end the grinding Ukraine war that has received a lukewarm welcome on both sides. Xi’s March 20-22 trip comes after China …

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HANOI (Reuters) – Police in Vietnam on Friday arrested a Facebook user who authorities accuse of “attempting to overthrow the state” by sharing content that defamed leaders of the ruling Communist Party, its security ministry said. Phan Thi Thanh Nha, 39, was accused of posting and sharing 25 articles and videos since 2018 seeking to …

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(Reuters) – At least 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, were shot dead at close range in central Myanmar last week, according to a doctor’s post-mortem report, in what opponents of military rule say was a massacre of civilians conducted by the army. A spokesman for Myanmar’s junta, which staged a coup two years ago …

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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will remove mandatory COVID-19 testing requirements for air travelers arriving from China, Hong Kong and Macao from March 17, the Public Health Agency of Canada said on Thursday. Canada, like several other countries, had imposed temporary testing measures for travelers from the region in January, and data since then indicates that …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Thursday asked Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to provide an independent assessment on how to deal with Afghanistan’s Taliban administration and combat challenges including its crackdown on women and girls’ rights. The 15-member council unanimously adopted a resolution that requires Guterres to submit a …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -China is concerned about an escalation of the war in Ukraine and hopes Moscow and Kyiv will hold peace talks, senior Chinese diplomat Qin Gang told his Ukrainian counterpart on a phone call on Thursday. China, which has refrained from condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, has urged both sides to agree …

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