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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock wants to make cooperation with China dependent on the human rights situation there, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Wednesday, citing a draft of a new government China strategy. The 59-page draft strategy document, which Spiegel said the Foreign Ministry had distributed to the other ministries for approval …

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ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with China’s President Xi Jinping at the G20 and agreed that “every diplomatic initiative” should be put on the table to end the war in Ukraine, her office said on Wednesday. The two leaders spoke at the summit in Bali and “agreed that every diplomatic initiative …

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By Leika Kihara NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he hoped an upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping would help in building constructive, stable relations with China. “There are various opportunities that lie between the two countries, as well as challenges and concerns,” Kishida told reporters, when asked …

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NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – The war in Ukraine was the most debated article of a declaration of G20 leaders gathered at a summit this week, the Indonesian president said on Wednesday, while urging all sides not to escalate tensions further. Joko Widodo, president of this year’s host nation Indonesia, said missile explosions in Poland …

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By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – The number of foreign visitors to Japan rose to nearly 500,000 in October, the first month it fully reopened to overseas visitors after more than two years of COVID restrictions, more than doubling the volume from September. Japan on Oct. 11 ended some of the world’s strictest border controls, …

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NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday officially handed over the G20 presidency to India at the end of a summit of the bloc’s leaders in Bali. The Group of 20 major economies adopted a joint leaders’ declaration and produced other partnerships, Jokowi, as the president is known, said. (Reporting by …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the Philippine islands of Palawan on the edge of the disputed South China Sea, a senior administration official said on Tuesday, in a move that may be interpreted by Beijing as a rebuke. The visit, scheduled for next Tuesday, will make Harris the …

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