BERLIN (Reuters) – A German warship sailed into the South China Sea on Wednesday for the first time in almost 20 years, a move that sees Berlin joining other Western nations in expanding its military presence in the region amid growing alarm over China’s territorial ambitions. China claims almost the entire South China Sea as …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China administered about 9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Dec 14, bringing the total number administered to 2.63 billion, data from the National Health Commission showed on Wednesday. (Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Pfizer and BioNtech are set to displace AstraZeneca as the main suppliers of COVID-19 vaccines to the global COVAX programme at the start of 2022, a shift that shows the increasing importance of their shot for poorer states. The expected change comes with headaches for receiving countries that lack …
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MANILA (Reuters) – An incoming typhoon has forced the Philippines to delay COVID-19 vaccinations of millions of people living in the path of the storm, as authorities hastened preparations in anticipation of its arrival this week. Typhoon Rai is expected to hit land on Thursday, bringing strong winds and rain in the central Philippines in …
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HANOI (Reuters) – A court in Vietnam jailed a journalist and prominent dissident for nine years on Tuesday for anti-state activities, her lawyers and state media said, in a case that attracted the attention of international human rights groups. Pham Doan Trang, who published material widely on human rights and alleged police brutality in Vietnam, …
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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia has detected the country’s first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a local woman who had travelled from Ghana, the ministry of health said. The 23-year old woman had returned from Ghana via Dubai and Bangkok, the ministry said in a statement issued on Tuesday. The woman, …
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By Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) -Nicaragua’s decision last week to cut ties with Taiwan was part of a deliberate move by China to target the island’s diplomatic allies after it was excluded from a democracy summit hosted by Washington, Taiwan’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Nicaragua broke its longstanding diplomatic ties with Taiwan last week, …
SEOUL (Reuters) – The North Korean Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), the isolated state’s rubber-stamp parliament, will convene on Feb. 6 to discuss government budgets and other issues, state media said on Wednesday as the country faces mounting economic woes. The North’s parliament rarely meets and usually serves to approve decisions on issues such as governing …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal jury was selected on Tuesday in the trial of a Harvard University nanotechnology professor accused of lying to U.S. authorities about his ties to a China-run recruitment program and concealing funding he received from the Chinese government. The Boston jury will return on Wednesday to hear lawyers deliver …
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By Michael Erman and Deena Beasley NEW YORK (Reuters) -Pfizer Inc on Tuesday said its antiviral COVID-19 pill showed near 90% efficacy in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients, and recent lab data suggests the drug retains its effectiveness against the fast spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The U.S. drugmaker last month said …
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