By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Wednesday will argue the United States must do more to counter China while insisting the world’s two largest economies should not isolate from each other. “We have to run faster and out innovate and keep pushing,” Raimondo told reporters Tuesday previewing her planned speech …
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By Minh Nguyen and Thinh Tien Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) – Every Tuesday, 79-year-old Nguyen Thi Loc joins a group of grey-haired students to study English at a house in Hanoi, with the aim of socialising and keeping her brain sharp. The informal classes are free and are taught by Phung Thi Yen, who trained as …
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By Humeyra Pamuk BUCHAREST (Reuters) -NATO allies are concerned about China’s rapid and opaque military buildup and its cooperation with Russia, and discussed concrete ways to address the challenges posed by Beijing on Wednesday, said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “The members of our alliance remain concerned by the PRC’s (People’s Republic of China) …
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By Anna Mehler Paperny and Jessie Pang TORONTO/HONG KONG (Reuters) – From Sydney to Toronto, mainland Chinese have stepped up protests this week, with demands to end the world’s most stringent COVID-19 restrictions evolving into calls to “free China” and for President Xi Jinping to step down. Overseas-based Chinese and their supporters rallied in Sydney, …
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By Brenda Goh and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -The giant Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Chongqing announced an easing of COVID curbs on Wednesday, a day after demonstrators in southern Guangzhou clashed with police amid a string of protests against the world’s toughest coronavirus restrictions. The demonstrations, which spread over the weekend to Shanghai, …
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By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Russian invasion of Ukraine shows that authoritarian regimes are not reliable trade partners and future supply chains should run through countries like Canada that are concerned about carbon emissions and human rights, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday. Trudeau recently returned from an official trip to the …
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By James Pomfret and Martin Quin Pollard HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – When Yang, a Shanghai office worker, saw video clips of a burning building in western China, a disaster in which 10 people were killed, she said she could not contain her anger over tough COVID-19 measures three years into the pandemic. Watching a World …
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By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese biotech firm says it has developed the world’s first early screening test for pancreatic cancer, using the powerful noses of tiny worms. Hirotsu Bio Science this month launched its N-NOSE plus Pancreas test, marketing directly to consumers in Japan and with aims to bring the test to …
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By Tony Munroe and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) – Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led the country for a decade of rapid economic growth after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, died on Wednesday at the age of 96, prompting a wave of nostalgia for the more liberal times he oversaw. Jiang died in …
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By Deena Beasley SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -An experimental Alzheimer’s drug from Eisai and Biogen slowed cognitive decline in a closely watched trial but may carry a risk of serious side effects for certain patients, according to detailed data presented on Tuesday. The drug, lecanemab, was associated with a dangerous type of brain swelling in nearly …
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