By Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke briefly with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at a regional summit in Cambodia on Sunday, amid anticipation of a formal summit with President Xi Jinping. The countries’ ties have deteriorated in recent years, with China putting sanctions on some Australian imports and reacting angrily to …
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(Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday said the West was “militarising” southeast Asia in a bid to contain Russian and Chinese interests, setting the stage for a confrontation between Russia and Western leaders at the G20 summit in Bali. Lavrov will head Russia’s delegation to the summit – the first such meeting …
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia President Joko Widodo said on Sunday at the launch of a Group of 20 (G20) pandemic fund that the amount of money raised so far to improve preparedness for future pandemics was not yet sufficient. The fund launched by G20 chair Indonesia is targeted at low-to middle-income countries to …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economy has grown 3% over the past three quarters and is stabilising on an “upward trend”, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, vowing to continue to support the economy with policy measures. The comments were made in a meeting with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Saturday during the …
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By Liz Lee and Liangping Gao BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported 14,878 new COVID-19 infections for Nov. 12, including a record number of new daily cases in capital city Beijing, as well as in manufacturing hubs Guangzhou and Zhengzhou. The new cases come as industrial activity in Guangzhou and Zhengzhou has been disrupted by restrictions …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party has appointed Zhou Zuyi as the secretary of its Fujian provincial committee in a reshuffle of posts, state media said on Sunday. (Reporting by Liangping Gao and Liz Lee; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) – England put last week’s ragged defeat by Argentina firmly behind them when they ran in six tries, plus a penalty try, and played some highly entertaining rugby along the way to overwhelm Japan 52-13 at Twickenham on Saturday. There were two each for Guy Porter and Marcus Smith, fullback …
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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday referred to Cambodia, which is hosting an international summit led by Southeast Asian leaders, as Colombia. “Now that we’re back together here in Cambodia, I look forward to building even stronger progress than we’ve already made, and I want to thank the Prime Minister of …
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By Nandita Bose PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -Southeast Asian heads of government held talks on Saturday with visiting global leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden, who hailed the launch of a new U.S.-ASEAN pact as a critical step towards tackling “the biggest issues of our time”. In his first visit to Southeast Asia as president, Biden …
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KATHMANDU (Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck in Nepal on Saturday, shaking houses in the Himalayan country and neighboring India, authorities said, after a powerful earthquake earlier this week killed half a dozen people. Strong tremors were felt Nepal and in northern India, prompting residents to rush out of their homes, but there were …
