BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it was unaware of the situation following a market rally after social media posts circulated an unverified document that said China was forming a committee to assess border reopening in March. “I’m not aware of the situation you mentioned,” foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said …
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his U.S. counterpart on Monday that the United States should stop trying to contain and suppress China and avoid creating obstacles to the two countries’ relationship. Wang also said in a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that export controls that Washington imposed …
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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Tuesday conducted an aerial inspection over a southern province hit by landslides triggered by tropical storm Nalgae that killed 110 people. More than 100 people were injured and 33 were still missing as a result of widespread flooding and multiple landslides, the disaster agency said. Nalgae …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said on Tuesday the absence of “institutional support” measures for crowd management was one of the causes behind the deadly crush that killed more than 150 party-goers in central Seoul over the weekend. Speaking at a news conference, he said the ongoing investigation over the disaster …
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By Hongji Kim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – A temporary morgue for some of the people killed in South Korea’s Halloween party crush is now a huge lost-and-found, where hundreds of items such as a “Happy Halloween” backpack and a Minnie Mouse hairband await their owners. The Wonhyoro sports centre was quiet on Tuesday, …
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By Hyonhee Shin and Minwoo Park SEOUL (Reuters) – The initial shock from a deadly crush among Halloween party-goers in South Korea is turning into public outrage over the government’s planning missteps, as business owners say police were more focused on crime and COVID than crowd safety. The crush on Saturday night killed 156 and …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Foreign arrivals to Indonesia in September hit their highest level since the start of the pandemic, official data showed on Tuesday, as more visitors returned to resort destinations like Bali after an easing of COVID-19 restrictions. There were about 538,300 arrivals in September, up from only 5,000 in the same month a …
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By Ryan Woo and Liangping Gao BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Monday launched the last of the three modules that will comprise its space station, set to be the second permanently inhabited outpost in low-earth orbit after the NASA-led International Space Station. The uncrewed Mengtian, or “Dreaming of the Heavens”, module was launched atop China’s most …
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(Reuters) – The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on Monday not to use force and stick to earlier agreements that sought to end fighting between the two ex-Soviet neighbours, RIA news agency said. Russian President Vladimir Putin also took part in the meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -North Korea on Monday demanded that the United States and South Korea stop large-scale military exercises, calling them a provocation that may draw “more powerful follow-up measures” from Pyongyang. “The situation in the Korean Peninsula and its vicinity has entered the serious confrontation phase of power for power again due to the ceaseless …
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