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India to host virtual summit of about 120 developing countries in January

6 Jan 2023 6 Jan 2023

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India will host a virtual summit of around 120 developing countries next week, its foreign minister said on Friday, as the country looks to bolster international cooperation during its presidency of the Group of 20 (G20) biggest economies. The summit comes following a declaration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December that …

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Former PICC P&C president expelled from Chinese Communist Party

6 Jan 2023 6 Jan 2023

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s anti-graft watchdog said on Friday that the former president of insurer PICC Property and Casualty Co had been expelled from the Communist Party and dismissed from the company for severe violations of law and discipline. Lin Zhiyong, who is also former Party Secretary of PICC P&C, was found to have abused …

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Uzbekistan arrests four over Indian cough syrup deaths

6 Jan 2023 6 Jan 2023

TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan has arrested four people in an investigation into the deaths of 19 children who consumed cough syrup made by Indian drug maker Marion Biotech, the Uzbek state security service said on Friday. Two of the detained were senior employees of the Scientific Center for Standardization of Medicines, who circumvented the proper …

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Japan PM Kishida says he invited to visit Ukraine, nothing decided yet

6 Jan 2023 6 Jan 2023

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he had told Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelenskiy in a phone call on Friday that he would weigh an invitation to visit Kyiv depending on “various circumstances” but nothing had yet been decided. Kishida also reaffirmed Tokyo’s full support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia as Japan …

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China’s Xi calls for greater cooperation with Turkmenistan on natural gas

6 Jan 2023 6 Jan 2023

(Corrects year “2023” to “2030” in graf 11) BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday he wants more cooperation with Turkmenistan on energy, Chinese state television reported. Turkmenistan, a Central Asian nation of six million people, is China’s single largest supplier of piped natural gas. “Natural gas cooperation is the cornerstone of …

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Travel curbs rack up as COVID-hit China readies reopening

6 Jan 2023 6 Jan 2023

By Brenda Goh and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -More countries around the world are demanding that visitors from China take COVID tests, days before it drops border controls and ushers in an eagerly awaited return to travel for a population that has been largely stuck at home for three years. From Sunday, China will …

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China’s health authorities adjust COVID prevention and control protocols

6 Jan 2023 6 Jan 2023

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s health authorities have adjusted the latest COVID-19 prevention and control protocols, according to a statement from the National Health Commission on Friday. In its 10th edition, the NHC said it would further optimise clinical categorisation and treatment method of the virus, and add positive antigen tests as a diagnostic standard. (Reporting …

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Indonesia president eyes cabinet reshuffle in coming days

6 Jan 2023 6 Jan 2023

By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he may reshuffle his cabinet in the next few days, as some political sources bet on a last major realignment of his government to complete programmes ahead of elections due to be held in 2024. Speculation about a reshuffle has been growing since Nasdem, …

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Factbox-China to reopen borders, including with Hong Kong, after 3 years

6 Jan 2023 6 Jan 2023

(Reuters) – China will reopen its borders on Sunday, including with its special administrative region of Hong Kong, after nearly three years of COVID-19 closures and restrictions. Here is what you need to know: INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS, TRAVEL Passengers entering China will no longer have to quarantine or take a COVID test on arrival, the National …

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China aims for 2023 air traffic at 75% of pre-pandemic levels

6 Jan 2023 6 Jan 2023

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s aviation regulator wants passenger traffic to reach around 75% of pre-pandemic levels in 2023, up from 38% last year when the since-abandoned zero-COVID policy led to domestic lockdowns and kept the border closed, state media reported on Friday. The Chinese airline industry should also strive to break even this year, said the …

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