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TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government said on Friday it had lowered its infectious diseases-related travel advisory from “do not make non-urgent trips” to “travel with caution” for China, India and 32 other countries, as risks posed by COVID-19 infections eased. Other countries on the list includes South Korea, Italy, Germany and France. (Reporting by …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States must meet its international obligations on climate change and do more than “shout slogans”, China’s foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting Washington’s ability to cut power sector emissions. The Supreme Court voted to constrain the authority of the U.S.’s Environmental …

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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Freedom in Hong Kong has “vanished” and China has failed to live up to its promises of 50 years without change, Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Friday, the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule. Chinese President Xi Jinping, on a rare visit to the global financial hub on Friday, …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia will likely book a 2022 fiscal deficit of 732.2 trillion rupiah ($48.94 billion), or 3.92% of gross domestic product, smaller than a previous outlook of 4.5% of GDP, due to strong revenue forecasts, its finance minister said on Friday. Sri Mulyani Indrawati told a hearing with parliament’s budget committee this meant …

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By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese policymakers worried about the yen sliding lower are increasingly also having to watch out for it rebounding, officials told Reuters, signalling that currency-market intervention is less likely than some investors expect. Japan has stepped up its warnings about sharp yen falls including a rare joint …

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s cyberspace regulator said on Friday that it has cracked down on counterfeit investment platforms, as part of the country’s campaign to combat such telecom network crime. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it has investigated and cracked down on some 42,000 counterfeit apps since the start of this year, and …

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By Max Hunder and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday in a victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia’s blockade on Ukrainian ports. Russia said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop off Ukraine’s southwestern coast as a “gesture of …

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