By Kate Lamb and David Brunnstrom (Reuters) – G20 foreign ministers travel to the resort island of Bali this week for a meeting that will be overshadowed by the war in Ukraine, with Russia’s attendance creating rifts in the bloc as host Indonesia tries to mediate. The Group of 20 includes Western countries that have …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Officials from China’s and Russia’s dominant political parties on Thursday exchanged views on promoting sustained and high-quality development of bilateral relations, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Liu Jianchao, head of the International Liaison Department of China’s Communist Party, and Boris Gryzlov, chairman of the Supreme Council of United Russia, discussed further …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Indian counterpart on Thursday that both their countries had effectively managed and controlled their differences. Bilateral relations have generally shown momentum in recovery, Wang told Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Bali, Indonesia. (Reporting by Ryan Woo; …
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By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) -The Taliban and the United Arab Emirates are poised to strike a deal for the Gulf nation to run Kabul airport and several others in Afghanistan that could be announced within weeks, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. The Taliban, whose government remains an international pariah without formal recognition, …
By Anne Marie Roantree and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – Barristers from a British law firm who are representing jailed Hong Kong tycoon and democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai said on Thursday they had received anonymous emails warning them against travelling to the city to defend him. Lai is among the most prominent people to …
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By Brenda Goh and Roxanne Liu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Millions of people in Shanghai queued for a third day of mass COVID-19 testing on Thursday as authorities in several Chinese cities scrambled to stamp out new outbreaks that have rekindled worries about growth in the world’s second-largest economy. Unless local officials succeed in preventing the virus …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia and China’s foreign ministers will meet for the first time in three years, Beijing confirmed on Thursday, signalling a thaw in relations that soured over claims of foreign interference and retaliatory trade sanctions. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a briefing in Beijing that Australia was among …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. counterintelligence agency on Wednesday warned state and local officials that China is intensifying influence operations aimed at manipulating them into pressing the federal government to pursue more Beijing-friendly policies. China “understands that U.S. state and local leaders enjoy a degree of independence from Washington and may seek to use them as …
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By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Heavy rain that pummelled Sydney over the last five days eased on Thursday as flood-weary residents looked to return to homes to take stock of the damage, some for the third time this year. An intense low-pressure system formed off Australia’s east coast over the weekend has weakened, satellite …
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By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong has suspended a rule that banned individual flights for bringing in passengers infected with the COVID-19 virus, as it caused “unnecessary trouble” and inconvenience to residents of the global financial hub, the government said on Thursday. Airlines welcomed the move that paves the way for the return …
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