(Reuters) – Japan’s snowboarders showed why they are tipped for the podium at next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics with Yuto Totsuka winning the Dew Tour men’s halfpipe and Ayumu Hirano becoming the first to land a frontside triple cork 1440 in competition. Hirano ended fifth but stole the show by landing the dangerous trick which …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – A COVID-19 booster shot produced by China’s Sinopharm had “significantly lower” neutralising activity against the Omicron variant, Chinese researchers said in a paper, although they added the vaccine’s efficacy against Omicron remained unclear. The study – conducted by researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a Shanghai-based lab specializing in respiratory infectious …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam will visit Beijing on Dec. 20-23 to brief Chinese leaders on the latest economic, social and political situation in the city, the government said on Monday. Her trip comes after pro-Beijing candidates swept to victory in an overhauled “patriots”-only legislative election on Sunday, which saw a …
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -The turnout for an overhauled https://www.reuters.com/world/china/how-hong-kongs-new-election-law-will-reshape-legislature-2021-12-18 “patriots”-only legislative election in Hong Kong on Sunday hit a record low, as government efforts and last-ditch campaigning failed to boost voter numbers amid a crackdown on the city’s freedoms by China. After the close of polling, turnout was 30.2%. …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Islamic countries pledged on Sunday to set up a humanitarian trust fund for Afghanistan as, with millions facing hunger and a harsh winter setting in, Pakistan’s prime minister warned of chaos if the worsening emergency was not urgently addressed. The crisis is causing mounting alarm but the international response has …
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(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck in the ocean near Fiji on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (six miles), and centered about 85 km (53 miles) west of the Fiji town of Labasa, the USGS said. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) also …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A meeting of foreign ministers from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation agreed on Sunday to establish a humanitarian trust fund to address the growing economic crisis in Afghanistan which has left millions facing hunger over the winter. The fund will be set up under the Islamic Development Bank to channel aid to …
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By Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) -At least 72 people died in the central Philippine province of Bohol in the wake of Typhoon Rai, the provincial governor said on Sunday, taking the total number of casualties across the country to above 100. Authorities ramped up relief operations on Sunday after Typhoon Rai hit on Thursday …
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SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – Four people were killed and another eight injured on Saturday when part of a bridge ramp collapsed in Ezhou City, in China’s central Hubei province, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The bridge collapsed over an expressway, causing three trucks to fall while a car was crushed underneath, Xinhua reported, adding …
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MAE SOT, Thailand (Reuters) – Thailand has sent over 600 Myanmar refugees who fled fighting between the military and ethnic rebels back across the border, according to a senior Thai official who said on Sunday clashes were continuing. Some of the refugees who reached northwest Thailand’s Tak province told Reuters before they went back over …
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