By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Pop superstar Beyonce led the field of musicians nominated for Grammy awards on Tuesday, setting up a showdown with Adele, Harry Styles and others for the top prize of album of the year. Beyonce landed nine nominations for the highest honors in music. That brought her career total to …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China has eased COVID curbs for domestic group tours organised by travel agencies, the culture and tourism ministry said on Tuesday. Tourists can make cross-province trips organised by travel agencies with proof of negative test results, and are no longer subject to an earlier rule that ban some of such trips when …
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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday expressed concern for the health of other world leaders after a positive COVID-19 test forced him to cancel meetings at the G20 Summit in Indonesia and return home early. Hun Sen, the current chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said his symptoms …
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By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised “serious concerns” over suspected domestic interference by China in his first talks with President Xi Jinping on Tuesday in more than three years, a Canadian government source said. The “interference” is likely a reference to a Nov. 7 Canadian media report that cited intelligence …
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – China on Tuesday criticised calls made by some COP27 delegations for Taiwan to be included in the annual climate talks process. Using a ‘right of reply’ statement at the end of a day of speeches at the Sharm el-Sheikh conference, China urged the summit to stick to the ‘One China …
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By Fransiska Nangoy and Vladimir Soldatkin NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -A Western-led push to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominated Tuesday’s Group of 20 (G20) summit on the Indonesian island of Bali where leaders of major economies grappled with a dizzying array of issues from hunger to nuclear threats. President Vladimir Putin’s Feb. 24 invasion …
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By Stanley Widianto NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -A draft declaration by leaders of the Group of 20 major economies, seen by Reuters on Tuesday, said most members condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine and stressed it was exacerbating weaknesses in the global economy. The G20 members also voiced deep concern over the risks to global food …
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(Reuters) – India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged a return to diplomacy to end the Russia-Ukraine war, reiterating the South Asian nation’s call for peace in the ongoing conflict. India has not condemned Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin in September that “today’s era is not an era …
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By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – As the global population reaches 8 billion, India, formerly a powerful driver of the number of people on the planet, is experiencing a marked slowdown. Falling fertility rates in the South Asian country have forced at least one state to consider reviewing policies that encouraged families not …
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By Martin Quin Pollard and Bernard Orr BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s COVID cases rose further on Tuesday, including in the capital Beijing, even as many cities scaled back routine testing after authorities announced measures last week aimed at easing the impact of the country’s heavy coronavirus curbs. China is scrambling to limit the damage of its …
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