By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes an inaugural visit to China on Friday that will be closely watched for clues on how serious Germany is about reducing its economic reliance on Asia’s rising superpower and confronting its Communist leadership. His one-day visit on Nov. 4, will make Scholz …
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By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – The father of a 3-year-old boy who died on Tuesday from carbon monoxide poisoning in northwest China said strict COVID-19 policies “indirectly killed” his son by causing delays obtaining treatment, in a case that has sparked social media outrage. The boy’s death is the latest incident to trigger …
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By Josh Smith and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired at least 23 missiles into the sea on Wednesday, including one that landed less than 60 km (40 miles) off South Korea’s coast, which South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol described as “territorial encroachment” and Washington denounced as “reckless”. It was the first time …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities have halted the search for 17 missing passengers from a boat that caught fire while at sea last week in East Nusa Tenggara, believing the probability of their survival to be low, a local rescue official said on Wednesday. Twenty people had been found dead during the search operation, which …
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(This Oct. 26 story has been corrected to fix name of official to Mahesh Katulanda in paragraph 16 and 20) By JEEVAN RAVINDRAN KILINOCHCHI (Reuters) – Arumuga Lakshmi, tormented by questions about the fate of her two children, missing for years, marched through a town in northern Sri Lanka with a group of women, many holding …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China will export technology for a 160 km/h high-speed railway train to Pakistan, state broadcaster CCTV said on Wednesday. A first batch of 46 train carriages has been loaded and will be shipped on Nov. 3. Parts for another 184 carriages will be delivered to Pakistan to assemble, the report said, adding …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Russia and North Korea restarted train travel for the first time since railway journeys were cut during the COVID pandemic with an unusually opulent cargo – 30 grey thoroughbred horses. A freight train carrying the “Orlov Trotter” horses left Russia’s far east through the Khasan-Tumangan crossing, according to Russia’s veterinary service. It …
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian police firing tear gas was the main trigger for a deadly soccer stampede at a stadium in East Java last month, the country’s human rights commission found in a report on the incident released on Wednesday.Officials from the human rights commission (Komnas HAM) said 135 people had died in the stampede, …
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(Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday condemned North Korea’s latest launch of a ballistic missile, which landed less than 60 kilometres off South Korea’s coast, the first time an apparent test had landed near the South’s waters, a State Department spokesperson said. A State Department spokesperson said the launches are in violation of multiple …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China will boost imports of advanced technology, major equipment and key components as well as energy and agricultural products that are in short supply, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said. China will also strengthen law enforcement of export control rules, and diversify import sources of agricultural products, energy resources and key parts, Wang …
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