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LONDON (Reuters) – The Chinese delegation visiting London to attend Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday will not be allowed to view her coffin at the lying-in-state vigil inside parliament, the BBC reported on Friday. Some parliamentarians had raised concerns about inviting representatives from China after several British lawmakers were sanctioned by Beijing for criticising alleged …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The Chinese delegation visiting London to attend Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday will not be allowed to view her coffin at the lying-in-state vigil inside parliament, the BBC reported on Friday. Some parliamentarians had raised concerns about inviting representatives from China after several British lawmakers were sanctioned by Beijing for criticising alleged …

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TAIPEI (Reuters) – The opening of the Lithuanian representative office in Taiwan is a “very important step” for both democracies and the two are on a good track for economic cooperation, a visiting vice minister from the Baltic state said on Friday. China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, has downgraded diplomatic ties with …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China will train 2,000 law enforcement personnel over the next five years for member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Speaking at the SCO summit in Uzbekistan, Xi said countries should work on preventing foreign forces from instigating “colour revolutions” and repeated a …

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(Reuters) – Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Friday that 135 Armenian service personnel had been killed in clashes with Azerbaijan this week, the Interfax news agency reported from a session of Armenia’s parliament. Pashinyan on Wednesday said 105 soldiers had died and that the figure was likely to rise. Both Baku and Yerevan …

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By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -China’s top legislator, Li Zhanshu, called on Friday for more cooperation with South Korea on cutting-edge technologies and supply chain issues. Li, chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, was speaking in Seoul after meeting his South Korean counterpart, parliament speaker Kim Jin-pyo. Li was also scheduled to meet …

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