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BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported 1,658 new COVID-19 infections on Oct. 28, of which 377 were symptomatic and 1,281 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Saturday. That compared with 1,506 new cases a day earlier – 262 symptomatic and 1,244 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately. There were no new deaths, same as …

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex drew thousands of visitors in Singapore on Friday eager to have a look at the huge fossil before it heads for auction in Hong Kong. Many took selfies with the dinosaur, named “Shen”, the Chinese word for god, which measures 12.2 metres long and 4.6 metres …

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By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) – In what is believed to be a world first, China’s commerical capital of Shanghai this week introduced a new type of COVID-19 vaccine that is inhaled rather than administered via injection. Chinese regulators approved the vaccine, produced by Chinese pharmaceutical firm CanSino Biologics, for use as a booster in …

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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong said on Friday that children aged 5 to 11 would be able to receive the paediatric formulation of the BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from Nov. 2, part of broader measures to boost vaccination uptake in the financial hub. “In the face of the threat posed by the highly transmissible mutant …

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VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran is a problem that is ever more “relevant”, the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s chief, Rafael Grossi, said on Friday, in an apparent reference to the growing number of advanced centrifuges the Islamic Republic is using to enrich uranium. The International Atomic Energy Agency has said in recent confidential reports to member states …

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By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan gathered hundreds of supporters in the eastern city of Lahore on Friday to join a caravan of cars and trucks heading for the capital Islamabad to pressure the government into calling snap polls. Since being ousted in April through a parliamentary vote, …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – Authorities in Germany are investigating whether China maintains an illegal extraterritorial police station in Frankfurt, a spokesperson said, a week before Chancellor Olaf Scholz heads on an already contested visit to the economic giant. The Chinese embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for the interior ministry …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will press China to open up its markets and will raise human rights concerns next week in what will be the first visit by a European Union leader to China since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Berlin said on Friday. Scholz will visit on Nov. 4 at a …

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