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Daughter of pioneering astronaut Alan Shepard soars to space aboard Blue Origin rocket

12 Dec 2021

By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman VAN HORN, Texas (Reuters) -The eldest daughter of pioneering U.S. astronaut Alan Shepard took a joyride to the edge of space aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocketship on Saturday, 60 years after her late father’s famed suborbital NASA flight at the dawn of the Space Age. Laura Shepard Churchley, …

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U.S., Australia and Japan to fund undersea cable in the Pacific

11 Dec 2021

By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) – The United States, Australia and Japan said on Sunday they will jointly fund the construction of an undersea cable to boost internet access in three tiny Pacific countries, as the Western allies seek to counter rising Chinese influence in the region. The three Western allies said they would develop …

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Teen Zara Rutherford lands in Seoul in record solo-flight

11 Dec 2021

By Dogyun Kim and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) – Teen pilot Zara Rutherford landed in Seoul on Saturday from Russia, the first Asia stop on her attempt to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo. In August, the 19-year-old British-Belgian departed from Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport in western Belgium on her 51,000-km (32,000-mile) journey, …

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Japan, U.S. agree to boost alliance amid tougher security environment

11 Dec 2021

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed on Saturday on the need to fortify their countries’ alliance amid a tougher regional security environment, a Japanese government official said. Hayashi and Blinken held talks on the sidelines of a meeting of Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers in …

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China vaccinates over 80% of its people against COVID-19

11 Dec 2021

BEIJING (Reuters) – China has vaccinated 82.5% of its population of 1.41 billion against COVID-19, a health official said on Saturday. A total of 1.162 billion have received the required number of doses to complete vaccinations, Wu Liangyou, an official of the National Health Commission (NHC) told a news briefing, adding that 120.6 million had …

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U.N. says to publish findings soon on abuses in Xinjiang

11 Dec 2021

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations’ human rights office is finalising its assessment of the situation in China’s Xinjiang region, where Uyghurs are alleged to have been unlawfully detained, mistreated and forced to work, a spokesperson said on Friday. Rupert Colville said the office of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet …

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China orders COVID-19 tests for travel with some border cities

11 Dec 2021

BEIJING (Reuters) – China has ordered some border cities to beef up vigilance against COVID-19 with measures such as mandatory testing for travellers, in its effort to prevent clusters caused by viruses arriving from abroad. Since mid-October, locally-transmitted symptomatic cases have risen to more than 2,000, with several small northern towns on the borders with …

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