JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Korean Air Lines will resume non-stop flights to Israel in January with a Seoul to Tel Aviv route, Israel’s Tourism Ministry said on Thursday. Korean Air, which stopped its flights to Israel due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, will operate three weekly flights on the route, it said. …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia will include the popular tourist destination of Bali as one of its priority zones for a vaccination programme against foot and mouth disease (FMD) to prevent its further spread, a government official said on Thursday. Indonesia is aiming to get a FMD outbreak under control by the end of the year …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Thursday that at present the Chinese military threat has not decreased and while Taiwan will not escalate conflicts or provoke disputes, it will firmly defend its sovereignty and national security. (Reporting by Yimou Lee; Writing by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
TAIPEI (Reuters) – No more than 10 Chinese and Taiwan navy ships stayed close to the median line of the Taiwan Strait as of Thursday afternoon, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters, adding the number was “greatly reduced” from previous days. Furious about a visit to self-ruled Taiwan last week by U.S. House …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese military frigates recently conducted a three-day drill in the South China Sea, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday. CCTV did not specify if these drills were related to the set of drills around Taiwan which ended on Wednesday and had been conducted in response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus agreed to establish a new Japan-based affiliate of the WHO, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Thursday. They are hoping to have the new organisation set up in time for the G7 Hiroshima summit scheduled for May 2023, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Nepal have agreed to build the so-called Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity Network, the Chinese foreign ministry said, following a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries. As part of the agreement, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China would finance the feasibility study of a China-Nepal cross-border railway and send …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday that he had no information to offer at the moment when asked to comment on a media report that President Xi Jinping will visit Saudi Arabia next week. The Guardian reported on Thursday that plans are underway in Saudi Arabia for a gala reception …
By Stefica Nicol Bikes SYDNEY (Reuters) – At an indoor pool in a western Sydney suburb, about 20 Afghan women who recently reached Australia as refugees listen to former asylum seeker Maryam Zahid as she offers them swimming classes and talks about the country’s beach culture. Zahid, who arrived in Australia from Afghanistan 22 years …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Several COVID-hit Chinese cities from the country’s east to west imposed fresh restrictions and lockdowns on their populations on Thursday to contain flare-ups that are again threatening to disrupt local economies. Reducing people’s unnecessary movement for a few days – a softer type of lockdown – as soon as dozens of new …
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