BEIJING (Reuters) -The United States and China laid out early markers this week ahead of a meeting expected next week between their presidents on the sidelines of a summit of the G20 grouping of nations in Indonesia. The United States should work together with China to avoid misunderstandings and misjudgments, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities should take a more targeted approach to tackle COVID outbreaks and rectify any extra “layers” of measures, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday, as cities reeled under tighter curbs as cases spread. China is grappling with its highest tallies of coronavirus cases since April, raising questions about its …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday it had launched “stern representations” against Canada following the foreign minister’s description of the Asian nation as an “increasingly disruptive, global power”. “The relevant remarks by the Canadian side contravene the facts, are filled with ideological bias, and shamelessly interfere in the internal affairs of China,” …
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By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend a gathering of leaders from the Group of 20 (G20) nations on the resort island of Bali next week, Indonesian and Russian officials said on Thursday. Putin will instead be represented by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the officials said. The Russian president …
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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, an aficionado of luxury watches, will hand out intricate, locally made timepieces as souvenirs for world leaders at an international summit he is hosting this week. Hun Sen, who has ruled Cambodia for 37 years, has faced public scrutiny in recent years after being photographed wearing …
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By Tom Balmforth and Jonathan Landay KYIV/NOVOOLEXANDRIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday ordered his troops to withdraw from the west bank of the Dnipro River near the strategic southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, a significant setback for Moscow and potential turning point in the war. Ukraine reacted with caution to the …
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By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) – A grounded oil supertanker under U.S. Treasury Department sanctions being refloated in Indonesia is filled with Venezuelan fuel, according to vessel monitoring services. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control last week imposed sanctions on the stranded tanker, Young Yong, for its part in an international oil smuggling network that …
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By Gloria Dickie and William James SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -China would be willing to support a mechanism for compensating poorer countries for losses and damage caused by climate change, its climate envoy Xie Zhenhua said Wednesday at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, but China later said that would not involve contributing cash. Xie …
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KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan women were stopped from entering amusement parks in Kabul on Wednesday after the Taliban’s morality ministry said there would be restrictions on women being able to access public parks. A spokesperson for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (MPVPV) confirmed that women would be restricted from …
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(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit the small ex-Soviet state of Armenia on Nov. 22 for talks, RIA news agency said on Wednesday, indicating that clashes with neighbouring Azerbaijan would be on the agenda. RIA, citing the Armenian government’s news service, said Putin spoke to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and discussed events since …
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