(Reuters) – A China-flagged cargo ship sank in the Strait of Tartary off the coast of Russia’s Sakhalin island, the press service of Russia’s Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport told TASS on Wednesday, adding there were no casualties. “The crew of 21 citizens of the People’s Republic of China got onto the ice …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s government has blocked a Chinese investor from raising its stake in a rare earths mining company on the advice of the Foreign Investment Review Board, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Wednesday. Reuters first reported on Tuesday that Chalmers had blocked Yuxiao Fund, which is the Singapore-registered private company of …
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By Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A new U.S. congressional select committee on competition with China held its first hearing with a focus on human rights on Tuesday, amid tense bilateral ties weeks after a suspected spy balloon flying over North America was shot down. “This is not a polite tennis match. This …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Two Labrador dogs, which have been trained by British police, are to be flown to Thailand to help crack down on the smuggling of critically endangered pangolins, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) said on Tuesday. Pangolins, nocturnal creatures famed for their full armour of scales, are the most trafficked mammal in …
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KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban-led foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 80 Afghan citizens, including children, had died in Sunday’s shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy. Rescuers have so far confirmed at least 64 people were killed after a sailboat sank in heavy seas near Steccato di Cutro, a seaside resort on the eastern …
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By Simon Lewis ASTANA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met leaders in Central Asia on Tuesday as Washington pursued deeper engagement with the region’s former Soviet republics in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago. Blinken’s visit to the capitals of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan was his first to the …
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By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines is in talks to possibly include Australia and Japan in planned joint South China Sea patrols with the United States, a senior diplomat said on Monday, in another sign of concern over Beijing’s activities in the strategic waters. “Meetings have already been set and probably we may …
By Kwang JirapornKuhakan RAYONG, Thailand (Reuters) – Thailand and the United States kicked off on Tuesday military exercises involving more than 7,000 personnel and forces from 30 countries, with the annual drills including a component focused on space exercises for the first time. “Cobra Gold”, launched in 1982, is one of the world’s longest-running multilateral …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign minister Qin Gang will attend the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting on March 2 in Delhi, the foreign ministry said at a regular news briefing on Tuesday. “The G20 should focus on prominent challenges in the global economy. China stands ready to work with all parties to ensure the G20 foreign …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – A member of China’s top political advisory body said she would propose allowing unmarried women to access egg freezing as a measure to preserve their fertility after the country’s population fell last year for the first time in six decades. Lu Weiying, a member of China’s top political advisory body, told …
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