By Brenda Goh and Lananh Nguyen DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – China’s declaration that it is open for business was welcomed by attendees at the World Economic (WEF) as a likely boost to global growth, though many also expressed caution over how it could drive up global COVID-19 cases and inflation. The topic of China’s reopening …
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By Hyonhee Shin and Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – Fire swept through part of a shanty town in the South Korean capital, Seoul, on Friday, destroying 60 homes, many constructed from cardboard and wood, and forcing the evacuation of around 500 people. Emergency services took five hours to put out the blaze, which erupted before …
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QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) -At least fifteen people were injured when a bomb blast derailed a passenger train in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan on Friday, a provincial government official said. The attack – which was claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army, a regional separatist group – derailed eight carriages including the locomotive, Deputy Commissioner …
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By Elisa Anzolin MILAN (Reuters) – Some stores in via Montenapoleone, the heart of Milan’s most exclusive shopping area, are displaying clothes and accessories dedicated to the Lunar New Year after two years disrupted by the pandemic even though Chinese tourists are yet to return in big numbers. Clothing and backdrops featuring meadow and rabbit …
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GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization’s immunisation director praised China on Friday for making quick progress on vaccinating older people with COVID-19 shots and boosters since lifting anti-virus controls last month. China’s population of 1.4 billion has been largely shielded from the disease since it emerged in the city of Wuhan in late 2019. Since …
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By Soo-hyang Choi (Reuters) – A blaze swept through one of the last remaining shanty towns in the South Korean capital of Seoul on Friday, destroying 60 homes and forcing authorities to evacuate about 500 people. Located next to the flashy, affluent neighbourhood of Gangnam where apartments cost as much as 4.8 billion won ($3.9 …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – China reported a large jump in COVID-19 hospitalisations in the week through to January 15 to the highest since the pandemic began, according to a weekly report published by the World Health Organization on Thursday. However, the WHO said it awaited “detailed provincial data disaggregated by week of reporting” on nearly 60,000 …
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(Reuters) – For two months now, 23-year-old Russian Vladimir Maraktayev has been living in an airport departure lounge. On Sept. 24, having received draft papers calling him up for military service in Ukraine during Russia’s “partial mobilisation”, the linguistics student left home in the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude and fled over the border into neighbouring …
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By Catarina Demony and Pedro Nunes LISBON (Reuters) -Surveillance cameras installed at the Chinese Embassy in Portugal’s capital Lisbon were removed or repositioned on Thursday after concerns of a “blatant violation of privacy” were raised by residents. Three large 360-degrees surveillance cameras were installed around the consular section two months ago, a resident who wished …
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By Rupam Jain and Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Senior officials in India’s government have said they want to have a bigger role in choosing judges, a demand several lawyers and judges say threatens the independence of the judiciary. Judges for the Supreme Court and the 25 high courts across India are appointed through a …
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