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By Greg Torode and Yimou Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) – As U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi headed to Taipei on Tuesday amid intensifying warnings from China, four U.S. warships, including an aircraft carrier, were positioned in waters east of the island on “routine” deployments. The carrier USS Ronald Reagan had transited the South …

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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong on Tuesday reduced the minimum age for getting vaccinated with China’s Sinovac COVID-19 shot to six months from three years after several young children became infected with the virus. Adults and children in the Asian financial hub, which retains some of the world’s toughest COVID precautions, are required to …

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By Jibran Ahmed and Rupam Jain (Reuters) – Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, who had a $25 million U.S. bounty on his head, survived years in Afghanistan’s rugged mountains but his last months were spent in an upscale Kabul neighbourhood where top officials from the Taliban also live. U.S. officials said Hellfire missiles from a …

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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A U.S. air force jet that flew U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Malaysia has left the capital Kuala Lumpur, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24 and Reuters witnesses. Reuters could not immediately establish if Pelosi or her delegation were on the plane. Pelosi was expected to arrive in Taipei …

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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India will extend an additional $100 million line of credit to the Maldives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday, after a meeting with the island nation’s President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in New Delhi. “We have decided to extend an additional line of credit worth $100 million dollars so that all projects …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China has been in communication with the United States over U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s expected visit to Taiwan, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Tuesday. Pelosi kicked off a tour of four Asian countries on Monday in Singapore amid intense speculation that she may risk the wrath …

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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s Election Commission ruled on Tuesday that former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party had received illegal funds, his party spokesman and media said, which could result in the former cricket star and the party being banned from politics. In a case that has dragged on for years, Khan’s party was …

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