By Adnan Abidi and Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A smoky haze hangs over India’s northern plains and its capital, New Delhi, every year as winter sets in, raising fears for the health of many millions of people as authorities order fixes that do little to clear the air. In recent days, the Air …
HONG KONG (Reuters) – People arriving in Hong Kong by international flights can immediately visit the city’s restaurants, gyms and other venues for the first time in almost three years, with the scrapping of restrictions that barred them from such places for the first three days. The ending on Wednesday of an amber code that …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is making arrangements to visit China and meet with his counterpart Wang Yi, NHK public television reported on Wednesday. The meeting, if carried out, would be the first visit to China by a Japanese foreign minister for roughly three years, NHK added. Tensions over Taiwan, which China …
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(Reuters) – Scuffles broke out last week between Chinese and Indian frontier guards at the eastern end of the long Himalayan border between the nuclear-armed Asian nations, in the first such clash since 2020. The Dec. 9 scuffle occurred at the Tawang sector of India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China also claims. India …
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By Brenda Goh and Farah Master SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Chinese leaders have reportedly delayed a key economic policy meeting amid growing signs that COVID-19 infections are surging in Beijing nearly a week after they jettisoned some of the world’s toughest anti-virus restrictions. State media reported late on Tuesday that the capital’s hospitals now have 50 …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong announced that from Wednesday international passengers arriving in the territory would no longer face COVID-19 movement controls or be barred from certain venues, and that it was also scrapping a mandatory COVID-19 mobile application. The news of a further loosening of COVID-19 curbs in the global financial hub, which has …
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By Krishna N. Das and Sudipto Ganguly NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian troops prevented Chinese soldiers from entering Indian territory on Dec. 9 during a border scuffle that led to injuries on both sides, India’s defence minister said on Tuesday, in the first such clash since 2020 between the Asian giants. The incident occurred in …
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TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan has signed an import deal with neighbouring Turkmenistan for an extra 1.5 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas for the winter season, a source in the Uzbek government told Reuters on Tuesday. Uzbekistan, which itself produces around 52 bcm of natural gas per year, has been importing around 15 million …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – China is facing a “very tough” time as it dismantles its rigid “zero-COVID” policy and allows people to live with the virus, posing challenges preparing hospitals and ensuring people are sufficiently protected, the World Health Organization said. Beijing abruptly dropped its zero-tolerance stance last week after protests against its often-draconian COVID lockdowns. …
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s interior minister accused India on Tuesday of being behind a bombing in 2021 near the house of Hafiz Saeed, the founder of a militant Islamist group blamed for a deadly 2008 attack in Mumbai. A suicide bomber rammed a car into a police checkpoint just outside Saeed’s house, killing …
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