(Fixes typo in 10th paragraph) TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan on Wednesday rebuffed a complaint from the Philippines about live fire drills around a Taiwan-controlled island deep in the South China Sea, saying it had the right to do so and always gives issues a warning of its exercises. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, in …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong reported more than 2,000 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, the highest since April, as daily COVID-19 cases rise ahead of celebrations to mark the city’s 25th anniversary of its handover to China. (Reporting by Twinnie Siu; writing by Farah Master; editing by Andrew Heavens)
(Corrects name of airline in paragraph 11 to China Eastern, not Singapore Airlines) By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) -Online searches for air tickets on international routes with China surged after Beijing unexpectedly said it would slash COVID-19 quarantine norms, travel platforms said on Wednesday, a sign of pent-up demand after two years …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – A state-mandated Chinese mobile app that shows whether or not an individual has travelled in a city with COVID-affected areas will no longer specify such travel history, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Wednesday. The asterisk mark indicating an individual has travelled in a city with COVID-19 cases will …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea approved its first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by SK bioscience Co Ltd, for general public use following positive clinical data, authorities said on Wednesday. The SKYCovione vaccine was authorised for a two-dose regimen on people aged 18 or older, with shots given four weeks apart, according to the Ministry …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan will take delivery of its first doses of the Novavax Inc COVID-19 vaccine this week, received under the COVAX sharing scheme, the government said on Wednesday. Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Centre said the 504,000 doses would arrive on Thursday at Taipei’s main international airport. Taiwan is scheduled to receive 2.268 million …
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By Simon Lewis KREMENCHUK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Firefighters on Tuesday searched the rubble of a Ukrainian shopping mall where authorities said 36 people were missing after a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18, as a regional governor reported another “enemy attack” further east. The attack in the central city of Kremenchuk and the …
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By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) – Thousands of religious scholars and ethnic leaders from across Afghanistan will gather this week to discuss key issues for the first time since the Taliban took power last year, as the group faced calls to ensure the meeting included women. “Very soon a great gathering …
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By Kantaro Komiya and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day on Tuesday, as the capital’s heat broke nearly 150-year-old records for June and authorities warned power supply remained tight enough to raise the spectre of cuts. The heatwave comes less than two weeks before a national election …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will provide nearly $55 million in immediate aid for Afghanistan in response to an earthquake that last week struck a remote southeastern region, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Tuesday. At least 1,000 people died, more than 3,000 others were injured and 10,000 homes destroyed by the 6.1 magnitude …
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