MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has reported its first case of the monkeypox virus, detected in a citizen who returned from abroad earlier this month, a health ministry official said on Friday. The patient was now in isolation, said Department of Health Undersecretary Beverly Ho. (Reporting by Enrico Dela Cruz; Editing by Ed Davies)
(Reuters) -The World Bank does not plan to offer new financing to Sri Lanka, which is battling its worst economic crisis in decades, until the Indian Ocean nation has an adequate macroeconomic policy framework in place, the lender said on Thursday. In a statement, the World Bank said Sri Lanka needed to adopt structural reforms …
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By Mariko Katsumura and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is encouraging regional authorities to take their own counter-measures against the spread of a new coronavirus variant that has sent cases surging to record levels, but there is no plan for any sweeping national measures. A seventh wave of COVID-19 pushed the daily tally of new …
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By Selena Li HONG KONG – China’s well-heeled financial dealmakers are getting a crash course in austerity with pay cuts and perks reined in, as their state-owned employers respond to Beijing’s “common prosperity” drive, eight people with knowledge of the matter said. State-owned investment banks including China International Capital Corp (CICC) and Citic Securities have …
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By Hyonhee Shin and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country is ready to mobilise its nuclear war deterrent and counter any U.S. military clash, and criticised South Korea’s new president for the first time, warning Seoul was pushing towards the brink of war. Kim made the remarks during …
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By Fabian Hamacher and Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) – Many in Taiwan have shrugged off China’s warnings about a possible trip to the democratic island by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying they were accustomed to Beijing’s sabre-rattling and saw no cause for alarm. Such a trip would be the first by a House speaker …
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By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine stepped up its drive to retake its Russian-controlled south by trying to bomb and isolate Russian troops in hard-to-resupply areas, but it said on Thursday it saw evidence that Moscow was redeploying its forces to defend the territory. In messages to mark the annual Day of Ukrainian Statehood, President …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese leader Xi Jinping told U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday that the United States should abide by the ‘one China’ principle with regard to Taiwan and ensure that its actions are consistent with its words, Chinese state media reported. “Those who play with fire will only get burnt,” the Chinese president …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – A former Chinese justice minister who took a hard line on law enforcement admitted accepting bribes totalling over 117 million yuan ($17.3 million), a Chinese court said on Thursday. The trial of Fu Zhenghua, 67, began on Thursday at the Changchun Intermediate People’s Court in the northeastern province of Jilin, more than …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s military fired flares on Thursday to warn away a drone that “glanced by” a strategically-located and heavily fortified island close to the Chinese coast that was possibly probing its defences, the Taiwanese Defence Ministry said. Taiwan, claimed by China as its own territory, has complained of stepped up Chinese military manoeuvres …
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