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U.S. imposes sweeping human rights sanctions on China, Myanmar and North Korea

13 Dec 2021

By Daphne Psaledakis, David Brunnstrom and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday imposed extensive human rights-related sanctions on dozens of people and entities tied to China, Myanmar, North Korea and Bangladesh, and added Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime Group to an investment blacklist. Canada and the United Kingdom joined the United …

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The curious case of a map and a disappearing Taiwan minister at U.S. democracy summit

13 Dec 2021

By Humeyra Pamuk, Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A video feed of a Taiwanese minister was cut during U.S. President Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy last week after a map in her slide presentation showed Taiwan in a different color to China, which claims the island as its own. Sources familiar with …

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Kabul passport office head urges patience as anxious crowds keep gathering

13 Dec 2021

KABUL (Reuters) – The head of the Kabul Passport Office has asked for patience from thousands of Afghans waiting for documents that would let them leave the country as large crowds continue to gather outside, a month after the office suspended operations. As winter closes in and economic crisis deepens in the wake of the …

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Indonesia to start vaccinating children aged 6-11 against COVID-19

13 Dec 2021

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia will start administering COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged between 6-11 on Tuesday, a health ministry official said, as the Southeast Asian country becomes one of the first in the region to immunise the very young. Indonesia approved China’s Sinovac Biotech vaccine for the age group last month and about 26.5 million …

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U.S. ambassador to Solomons warns of aid that goes to ‘one bank account’

13 Dec 2021

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to the Solomon Islands has warned Pacific Islands against “aid that benefits one person, one party and one bank account” – remarks that come after the Solomons were beset with riots last month blamed in part on discontent with China. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare …

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China’s Brii says its COVID-19 antibody cocktail retains activity against Omicron

13 Dec 2021

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Brii Biosciences said on Sunday lab studies showed that its COVID-19 antibody cocktail retained activity against the Omicron variant, although one of the antibodies showed a substantial drop in activity when tested alone. Test details for the dual-antibody treatment, which last week became the first approved COVID-19 antibody cocktail in China, …

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Taiwan says confident Chinese invasion would be very hard

13 Dec 2021

By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – A full Chinese invasion of Taiwan with troops landed and ports and airports seized would be very difficult to achieve due to problems China would have in landing and supplying troops, Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said in its latest threat assessment. Tensions between Taipei and Beijing, which claims the democratically-ruled …

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South Korea to test AI-powered facial recognition to track COVID-19 cases

13 Dec 2021

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will soon roll out a pilot project to use artificial intelligence, facial recognition and thousands of CCTV cameras to track the movement of people infected with the coronavirus, despite concerns about the invasion of privacy. The nationally funded project in Bucheon, one of the country’s most densely …

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