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Power outage forces Philippines to suspend flights, shut airspace

1 Jan 2023 1 Jan 2023

MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine authorities halted flights in and out of Manila on New Year’s Day due to a malfunction of air traffic control, which also prevented airlines bound to other destinations from using the country’s airspace. A total of 282 flights were either delayed, cancelled or diverted to other regional airports, affecting around 56,000 passengers …

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North Korea’s Kim orders new ICBM, bigger nuclear arsenal amid tension

1 Jan 2023 1 Jan 2023

By Hyonhee Shin and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for developing new intercontinental ballistic missiles and a larger nuclear arsenal to counter U.S.-led threats, state media said on Sunday, amid flaring tension between the rival Koreas. At a meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party, Kim highlighted the need to …

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World welcomes 2023 and leaves a stormy year behind

1 Jan 2023 1 Jan 2023

By Andrew Kelly and Stefaniia Bern (Reuters) -The world welcomed the new year with a packed party in Times Square and fireworks soaring above European capitals, while hoping for an end to the war in Ukraine and a return to post-COVID normality in Asia. It was a year marked by the conflict in Ukraine, economic …

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Hong Kong eyeing Jan 8 to resume cross-border travel with mainland China

1 Jan 2023 1 Jan 2023

By Xie Yu HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong is working to resume quarantine-free travel with mainland China by as early as Jan. 8, Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki said in a Facebook post on Sunday. Chan, the city’s No.2 official, said quotas will be set in the first stage of the plan to limit …

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Blast outside Kabul’s military airport, multiple casualties -interior ministry

1 Jan 2023 1 Jan 2023

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) -An explosion outside the military airport in Kabul on Sunday has caused multiple casualties, a spokesman for the Taliban-run interior ministry said. “Today morning an explosion took place outside Kabul military airport, due to which a number of our citizens were martyred and injured,” spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor told …

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South Korea’s Yoon says North Korea faces retaliation for provocations

1 Jan 2023 1 Jan 2023

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Sunday that North Korea will continue to conduct constant nuclear and missile provocations, and the South’s military should respond with clear retaliation, his office said. (Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Editing by Kim Coghill)

China’s top diplomat calls for ‘dialogue’, cooperation with U.S.

1 Jan 2023 1 Jan 2023

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China and the United States must pursue dialogue rather than confrontation and avoid the mistakes made during the Cold War, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday in his first public comments since his appointment as head of the ruling Communist Party’s foreign affairs office. Wang was replaced as China’s foreign …

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Australia to require negative COVID tests for travellers from China

1 Jan 2023 1 Jan 2023

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia said on Sunday that travellers from China will have to provide negative COVID-19 test results from Jan. 5, joining a growing number of nations that have implemented similar restrictions as cases surge in China. Citing a lack of epidemiological information and genomic sequencing data from China, Australian health minister Mark Butler said …

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China accuses U.S. of distorting facts after aircraft clash

1 Jan 2023 1 Jan 2023

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A U.S. military plane involved in a confrontation with Chinese aircraft in disputed southern waters last week had violated international law and put the safety of Chinese pilots at risk, a defence ministry spokesman said. The U.S. military said on Thursday that a Chinese Navy J-11 fighter jet had come within 10 …

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Taiwan president offers China help to deal with COVID surge

1 Jan 2023 1 Jan 2023

By Jeanny Kao TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Sunday offered to provide China with “necessary assistance” to help it deal with a surge in COVID-19 cases, but said Chinese military activities near the island were not beneficial to peace and stability. In an abrupt change of policy, China last month began dismantling the …

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