By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Sri Lanka cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka was granted bail in Sydney on Thursday, reversing an earlier decision in the case of the alleged sexual assault of a woman while on tour in Australia for the T20 World Cup The now-suspended batsman appeared in Sydney’s Downing Centre court via video link …
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By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – Tensions over Taiwan are expected to be on the agenda when U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris meets Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr next week, Manila’s ambassador to Washington said on Thursday. “I’m sure they will touch on the Taiwan situation,” Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez told Reuters by telephone, adding …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Thursday as it warned of “fiercer military responses” to U.S. efforts to boost its security presence in the region with its allies, saying Washington is taking a “gamble it will regret”. North Korea has conducted a record number of such tests this year, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indonesian President Joko Widodo held formal talks on Wednesday on the Indonesian island of Bali, with both leaders pledging closer cooperation on the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Xi told Widodo that China will promote joint research and development on vaccines and continue to support Indonesia in building …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s cyberspace regulator on Wednesday said it would revise its rules that will require operators of online and social media accounts to strengthen their review and management of comments left on their pages. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said in a statement that account operators should set up and improve their …
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in South Korea, state news agency (SPA) reported on Wednesday. He was received by the South Korean prime minister in the capital Seoul, it added. (Reporting by Moataz Mohammed and Yasmin Hussein; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China reported 20,199 new COVID-19 infections for Nov. 15, of which 1,623 were symptomatic and 18,576 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday. That compared with 17,909 new cases a day earlier – 1,661 symptomatic and 16,248 asymptomatic, which China counts separately. Excluding imported infections, China reported 20,059 new local …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday at the G20 summit in Indonesia that he hoped Italy would play an important role in helping the European Union’s policy towards China remain “positive” and “independent.” In their first-ever meeting, Xi and Meloni praised each other’s countries as ancient …
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By Dominic Evans, Aidan Lewis and Jake Spring SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Countries were far from agreeing the contours of a climate deal at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Wednesday, with the host country urging negotiators to resolve their differences ahead of a weekend deadline. The outcome of the conference in Sharm el-Sheikh is …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday criticised Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in person over alleged leaks of their closed-door meeting at the G20 summit, a rare public display of annoyance by the Chinese leader. In video footage published by Canadian broadcasters, Xi and Trudeau can be seen standing close to each other …
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