By Shivangi Acharya and Sarita Chaganti Singh BENGALURU (Reuters) -India does not want G20 nations to discuss additional sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, government sources said on Wednesday, as it hosts a meeting of the bloc’s finance chiefs at which the United States and allies were set to push for tougher action. …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The main topic at the Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers’ meeting chaired by Japan in the Indian city of Bangalore on Thursday will be financial support to Ukraine, according to German finance ministry sources. Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko will also join the discussions as well as central bank governors. International …
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By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) -China said it was troubled by Japan’s military build-up and Tokyo took aim at Beijing’s military ties to Russia and its suspected use of spy balloons in the Asian powers’ first formal security talks in four years on Wednesday. The talks, aimed at easing tensions between the world’s second- and …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea will not require travellers from China to test for COVID-19 upon arrivals from next month although they will still need to take pre-departure tests, a South Korean official said on Wednesday, its latest easing of rules to stop the virus. South Korea imposed several restrictions on passengers from China after it …
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By Stanley Widianto and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) – Negotiations on a code of conduct (COC) for the South China Sea will be intensified this year, Indonesian and Chinese officials said on Wednesday, as the region frets over China’s assertiveness in the strategic waterway. Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi met with Chinese counterpart Qin Gang …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea could test-fire intercontinental ballistic missiles on a lower, longer trajectory and conduct its seventh nuclear test this year to perfect its weapons capabilities, South Korean lawmakers said on Wednesday, citing intelligence officials. North Korea has so far conducted ICBM tests only on lofted trajectories, but has already secured …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s fertility rate dropped last year to a record low, data showed on Wednesday, in yet another grim milestone for the country with the world’s lowest number of expected children for each woman. The average number of expected babies per South Korean woman over her reproductive life fell to 0.78 in …
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(Reuters) – Russia’s flagship frigate equipped with new generation hypersonic cruise missiles has arrived in the South African port of Richards Bay for exercises that will include China, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported on Wednesday. South Africa was due to launch the joint exercises on Friday. It calls the drills routine but they have …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge said on Tuesday victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are not entitled to seize $3.5 billion of assets belonging to Afghanistan’s central bank to satisfy court judgments they obtained against the Taliban. U.S. District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan said he was “constitutionally restrained” from …
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By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – With tears, waves and shouts of farewell from fans, a Japan-born giant panda set off for China on Tuesday from the Tokyo zoo where she was raised. A hugely popular attraction at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo since her birth there nearly six years ago, Xiang Xiang was sent to China …
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