(Reuters) -China denied it had sent invitations to European leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to meet with President Xi Jinping in Beijing in November, disputing a South China Morning Post report. The report cited a senior source familiar with the situation as saying that invitations have also been sent …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob promised legal measures on Tuesday to protect the country’s assets worldwide, local media reported, as heirs to a 19th century sultan sought to enforce a $15 billion arbitration award via asset seizures. The heirs are targeting Malaysian property overseas following the government’s refusal to recognise …
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BOGOR, Indonesia (Reuters) – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said on Tuesday during a visit to Indonesia that he hoped to boost trade ties between the countries and seal a decades-long bid by his nation to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year. Ramos-Horta met his counterpart Joko Widodo on his first …
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By Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces kept up their bombardment of cities across Ukraine, with intense shelling of Sumy in the north, cluster bombs targeting Mykolaiv and a missile strike in Odesa in the south, authorities said on Tuesday. After failing to capture the capital Kyiv at the outset of the …
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SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – A handful of COVID-19 infections have forced the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin to shut many entertainment venues and some kindergartens and tutoring agencies, the latest big city to fight nascent clusters. Tianjin, with a population with over 12 million and home to factories linked to Boeing and Volkswagen, reported 11 …
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SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -A handful of COVID-19 infections have forced the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin to shut many entertainment venues and some kindergartens and tutoring agencies, the latest big city to fight nascent clusters. Tianjin, with a population with over 12 million and home to factories linked to Boeing and Volkswagen, reported 11 domestically …
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By Ju-min Park and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – The moment he laid eyes on Shinzo Abe’s ashen face, Shingo Nakaoka knew that any attempt to revive the former Japanese premier was likely to be in vain. By the time the 64-year-old doctor had rushed to the scene from his nearby clinic within minutes of …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – The European Union and China will hold a high-level economic and trade dialogue on Tuesday amidst tensions over a number of issues including the war in Ukraine, Xinjiang and an as yet unratified investment agreement. “The 9th #EUChina High-Level Economic & Trade Dialogue takes place tomorrow 19/07,” Executive Vice President of the …
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By Paul Sandle FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) -Britain said on Monday it was collaborating with Japan and existing partner Italy on its next-generation fighter jet programme, with joint concept analysis expected to lead to decisions on deeper partnerships by the end of the year. Reuters on Thursday reported that Britain and Japan were close to an …
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(Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has told broadcaster CNN that Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government was “covering up facts”, while adding that he aimed to stabilize the island nation’s devastated economy by the end of 2023. “By the end of next year let’s start stabilizing, and certainly by 2024 let’s have a functioning economy …
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