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BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes relations with Canada can get back on track, China’s foreign ministry said on Saturday, citing its minister telling his Canadian counterpart, after several years of strained relations between them. Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the Canadian minister, Melanie Joly, that their countries had never been rivals but partners, and China …

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By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Four people at a renowned Shanghai hospital were wounded by a knife-wielding assailant on Saturday, in the second reported stabbing incident after a COVID-19 lockdown of the financial hub was lifted early in June. Officers raced to the more than 100-year-old Ruijin Hospital on Saturday morning after receiving calls …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping expressed his condolences on Saturday over the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whom Xi said had worked hard to improve relations between the neighbours, Chinese state media reported. Japan’s longest serving modern leader was gunned down on Friday in the Japanese city of Nara while …

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By David Brunnstrom NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on Saturday for the first in-person talks since October after attending a G20 summit where the top U.S. diplomat led efforts to pressure Russia over its war in Ukraine. U.S. officials say Blinken’s meeting …

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By Satoshi Sugiyama NARA, Japan (Reuters) -Moments before he was fatally shot from behind on Friday, Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was doing what he’d done for decades: getting up close to the crowds and stumping for a local candidate. As is typical in Japan, where violent crime is rare and guns are scarce, …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Friday he had ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff through July 10 to honor Shinzo Abe after the former Japanese prime minister was gunned down while campaigning for a parliamentary election. Abe “was a proud servant of the Japanese people and a faithful friend to …

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By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR (Reuters) -Thirteen people were dead and at least three dozen were missing after a cloudburst triggered flash floods near the Himalayan Hindu cave shrine of Amarnath in Indian Kashmir, an official said here on Friday. During the annual pilgrimage, tens of thousands of Hindus cross glaciers and waterlogged trails to reach …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said he will visit the Japanese embassy in Washington to sign a condolence book after Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down on Friday. He also said he tried to call Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who he called “a very solid guy,” adding “Japan is a very, …

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