(Reuters) – Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has tested positive for COVID-19, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. Sharif had returned recently from London where he was visiting his brother and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. (Reporting by Shivam Patel in New Delhi; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -Several Chinese cities began cutting routine community COVID-19 testing on Monday, days after China announced an easing of some of its heavy-handed coronavirus measures, sparking worry in some communities as nationwide cases continued to rise. In the northern city of Shijiazhuang, some families expressed concern about exposing their children to …
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By Nandita Bose and Simon Lewis NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he told Chinese President Xi Jinping that Beijing has an obligation to try to talk North Korea out of resuming nuclear testing, although it was unclear whether China would be able to sway Pyongyang. Biden met with Xi …
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By Nandita Bose and Stanley Widianto NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping engaged in blunt talks over Taiwan and North Korea on Monday in a three-hour meeting aimed at preventing strained U.S.-China ties from spilling into a new Cold War. Amid simmering differences on human rights, Russia’s invasion …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has frequently referred to the current state of global politics as an “inflection point” – a moment, he says, when people need to choose between democratic systems of government and dictatorships, or find the world forever changed. Chinese president Xi Jinping, whose consolidation of his own power as …
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By William James and Valerie Volcovici SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on Monday to resume cooperation on climate change and other issues, offering a boost to bogged down and behind schedule negotiations at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt The leaders of the world’s two …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Malaysian court on Monday struck down a government bid to forfeit millions of dollars in luxury goods seized from jailed ex-premier Najib Razak, finding insufficient evidence linking the assets to unlawful activities, a lawyer for Najib said. Najib was voted out in 2018 amid public anger over his alleged involvement …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and cricket great Imran Khan led tributes to Pakistan’s valiant fight in Sunday’s Twenty20 World Cup final against England saying the country was proud of the team led by Babar Azam. Pakistan made a lion-hearted effort to defend a below-par total of 137-8 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Shanghai Disney Resort does not have a confirmed date for when it will reopen, the company’s website said on Monday. The resort, which has been shut since Oct. 31, said it remains closed because of COVID-19 measures and a date of reopening will be confirmed at a later time. The resort …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, Japan’s top government spokesman said, for talks that come as tensions in Asia have risen over Taiwan and North Korea. “It’s necessary to build constructive and stable Japan-China relations through the efforts of both Japan and China,” Chief Cabinet …
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