SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China recorded 422 million tourist trips over the week-long National Day holiday beginning on Oct. 1, down 18.2% from last year’s holiday season, government data showed, as the sector remains hit by stringent COVID-19 curbs. The number of trips was 60.7% of the pre-COVID 2019 level, state broadcaster CCTV reported late on Friday, …
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By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) – The Vatican on Friday reminded North Korea, whose recent firing of missiles has heightened tensions in Asia, that Pope Francis is eager to visit the country to help the cause of peace if Pyongyang makes an official invitation. The Vatican’s foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, made the comments at …
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By Josh Smith, Joori Roh and David Brunnstrom SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and South Korea held joint maritime exercises involving a U.S. aircraft carrier on Friday, a day after Seoul scrambled fighter jets in reaction to an apparent North Korean bombing drill. The United States also announced new sanctions on Friday in response to …
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By Stanley Widianto and Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is in talks with several African countries, including Nigeria, to export and donate its homemade COVID-19 vaccine, its developer said on Friday, after becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to approve a domestically developed COVID shot. Indonesian approval for the shot, the detailed trial …
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By Poppy McPherson and Jiraporn Kuhakan UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (Reuters) -Grief-stricken relatives sobbed and clutched toys at a children’s daycare centre on Friday, a day after a former policeman killed 34 people, most of them young children, in a knife and gun rampage there that has horrified Thailand. Government buildings flew flags at half mast …
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MALANG (Reuters) -Indonesians gathered for Friday prayers mourned 131 people killed in a soccer crush six days ago amid calls for a prompt investigation into one of the world’s most deadly stadium disasters to enable its victims to rest in peace. Most of those killed after the match in the town of Malang, in East …
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By Poppy McPherson and Chayut Setboonsarng UTHAI SAWANG, Thailand (Reuters) – The ex-policeman who went on a killing spree at a Thai daycare centre had risen quickly through the ranks of the police force in the capital, before a transfer to the provinces led to his use of drugs, and an abrupt halt to his …
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(Corrects spelling of in paragraph 7 to Uthai Sawan from Mutahi Sawant) By Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – Social media in Thailand was awash with grief and anger on Friday over the killing of 34 people, including 23 children, at the hands of a former policeman who rampaged through a preschool daycare centre before killing …
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By Tyrone Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) – A luxury yacht worth over half a billion U.S. dollars belonging to sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexey Mordashov has docked in Hong Kong waters, according to shipping records, after a week-long voyage from Russia. Mordashov was among a number of Russian oligarchs sanctioned by the European Union and the …
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By Emma Farge and Uditha Jayasinghe GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. rights body on Thursday renewed the mandate of a U.N. office to collect and preserve evidence of alleged wartime human rights crimes in Sri Lanka, despite opposition from the government and allies including China. The resolution brought by Britain, Canada, the United States and others …
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