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BEIJING (Reuters) – Journalists should not engage in activities unrelated to their role, China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after broadcaster BBC said one of its reporters had been assaulted and detained while covering weekend protests in Shanghai. The BBC is playing the victim, ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a regular news conference in Beijing. …

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By Catarina Demony MONTEMOR-O-NOVO, Portugal (Reuters) – From his Portuguese home, Ai Weiwei, the high-profile Chinese dissident whose art has often criticized Beijing’s policies, said the recent wave of protests would not shake Xi Jinping’s government because the police would simply crush them into silence. Protesters have taken to the streets of Shanghai, Beijing and …

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Taliban militants in Pakistan will no longer abide by a months-long ceasefire with the Pakistani government, a spokesman for the militant group said on Monday. The Afghan Taliban have been facilitating peace talks between local militants and the government since late last year. The end of the ceasefire comes ahead of …

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By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) -Protests against China’s strict zero-COVID policy and restrictions on freedoms have spread to at least a dozen cities around the world in a show of solidarity with rare displays of defiance in China over the weekend. Expatriate dissidents and students staged small-scale vigils and protests in cities around the …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States backs the right of people to peacefully protest in China, Washington said on Monday as protesters in multiple Chinese cities have demonstrated against heavy COVID-19 measures in recent days. Chinese police on Monday tightened security at the sites of weekend protests in Shanghai and Beijing, after crowds there and …

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BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian stock exchange operator BSE Ltd said on Monday the domestic market regulator has approved naming Sundararaman Ramamurthy as its chief executive officer. Ashishkumar Chauhan stepped down as the chief executive of BSE in July and is at present the CEO of rival exchange operator NSE. Ramamurthy is presently the chief operating officer …

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