By Doina Chiacu and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China has not moved toward providing lethal aid that would help Russia in its invasion of Ukraine and the United States has made clear behind closed doors that such a move would have serious consequences, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday. “Beijing …
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(Reuters) – The viruses that infected two people in Cambodia with H5N1 avian influenza have been identified as an endemic clade of bird flu circulating in the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. The cases reported last week had raised concerns they were caused by a new strain of …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong police said on Sunday they had charged three people in connection with the murder of 28-year-old model Abby Choi, whose legs were found in a refrigerator in a house on the city’s outskirts. Police were looking for other parts of Choi’s body, after the discovery on Friday. They also found …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian archaeologist and two Papua New Guinea researchers held for a week by 20 armed men in a remote part of the Pacific Island nation were released on Sunday, while their captors remain at large, a local official told Reuters. Professor Bryce Barker and doctoral student Teppsy Beni from …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -New Zealand police were searching for eight people still missing after Cyclone Gabrielle struck two weeks ago, authorities said on Sunday, amid warnings of more wild weather for the nation’s North Island. Gabrielle hit the island’s northern region on Feb. 12 and then battered the east coast, leaving at least 11 dead and …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s ruling coalition was in turmoil on Saturday after the prime minister said he planned to support a presidential candidate from an opposition party, a decision that prompted the deputy prime minister and three other ministers to resign. Political analysts said the moves did not suggest the fledgling government …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Saturday it was “regrettable” that China had blocked a Group of 20 communique to condemn Russia’s war on Ukraine. “But for me it was more important that all the others adhered to a clear position of international law, multilateralism and the end of the war,” …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 hit off the eastern part of Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido on Saturday, authorities said, and no tsunami warning was issued. The quake hit off the Nemuro peninsula at a depth of 61 kilometres (38 miles), according to the National Research Institute for Earth Science and …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he will visit China in early April, in part to seek Chinese help with ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. China called for a comprehensive ceasefire in Ukraine on Friday and has put forward a 12-point peace plan. “The fact that China engages in peace efforts …
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By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The president of Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Group has acknowledged corporate responsibility for suspected big rigging on contracts for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, NHK reported on Saturday. Dentsu president Hiroshi Igarashi made the comments during questioning by Tokyo prosecutors, the national broadcaster said, citing sources it did not name. …
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