HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has submitted his resignation, the official Vietnam News Agency said on Tuesday. Phuc, 68, a former prime minister, has held the largely ceremonial position for less than two years. (Reporting by Khanh Vu and Phuong Nguyen; Editing by Martin Petty)
By Martin Quin Pollard and Engen Tham BEIJING (Reuters) – During a busy shift at the height of Beijing’s COVID wave, a physician at a private hospital saw a printed notice in the emergency department: doctors should “try not to” write COVID-induced respiratory failure on death certificates. Instead, if the deceased had an underlying disease, …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Urban workers crowded train stations across China’s largest cities on Tuesday as the country’s mass migration for Lunar New Year holidays hit high gear, an early sign of economic recovery as officials confirmed a historic plunge due to COVID-19 curbs. The world’s second-largest economy slowed sharply in the fourth quarter, data showed on …
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By Leela de Kretser DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Climate change is increasing malaria infections, the executive director of the world’s biggest health fund said in Davos on Monday. Huge surges in malaria infections followed recent floods in Pakistan and cyclones in Mozambique in 2021, said Peter Sands, the executive director of the Global Fund to …
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LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it recommended that China monitor excess mortality from COVID-19 to gain a fuller picture of the impact of the surge in cases there. China said on Saturday that nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 had died in hospital since it abandoned its zero-COVID policy last …
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By Jessie Pang and Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s top judge defended the independence of the judiciary in the Chinese-ruled territory amid international and local criticism of deteriorating legal freedoms since a national security law was introduced in 2020. Chief Justice Andrew Cheung said judges in the Asian financial hub could only …
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By Andrea Shalal and Brenda Goh WASHINGTON/DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in Switzerland on Wednesday to exchange views on economic developments and deepen communication between the world’s two largest economies, a Treasury official said. Yellen’s first in-person meeting with Liu is part of a pledge …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Searchers found the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder on Monday from a passenger flight that crashed, killing at least 70 people in Nepal’s worst plane accident for 30 years, officials said. The data on the recorders may help investigators determine what caused the Yeti Airlines ATR 72 …
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By Josh Arslan and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – Passengers laden with luggage flocked to rail stations in China’s megacities on Monday, heading to their hometowns for holidays that health experts fear could intensify a raging COVID-19 outbreak in areas less-equipped to handle it. “I haven’t been home for over three years,” a 23-year …
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By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) – Mursal Nabizada, a former female member of Afghanistan’s parliament, has been killed by unknown gunmen at her home in Kabul, police said. Nabizada and her guard were shot dead and her brother was injured in an attack on the weekend, police said. The attack took place overnight on …
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