BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central city of Zhengzhou has started to hand out home purchase vouchers to residents displaced by its shantytown redevelopment programme, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Residents need to purchase homes within 12 months after getting the vouchers, the sources told Reuters. Once home purchase contracts are signed, …
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong met with the Solomon Islands leader Manasseh Sogavare on Friday, the first visit to Honiara by the new Australian government amid concern over its Pacific neighbour’s security pact with China. Wong made no immediate comment on the talks, but said earlier that she wanted to discuss pandemic recovery, …
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By Natalia Zinets and Simon Lewis KYIV/IRPIN, Ukraine (Reuters) -The leaders of Germany, France and Italy, all criticised in the past by Kyiv for support viewed as too cautious, visited Ukraine on Thursday and offered the hope of EU membership to a country pleading for weapons to fend off Russia’s invasion. Air raid sirens blared …
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(Reuters) – The leaders of Germany, France and Italy, all criticised in the past by Kyiv for support viewed as too cautious, visited Ukraine on Thursday and offered the hope of EU membership to a country pleading for weapons to fend off Russia’s invasion. FIGHTING * Ukrainian officials said their troops were still holding out …
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(Reuters) -Russia said on Thursday it was facilitating the export of grain and oilseeds from Ukraine through Russian-held transit points on the Azov Sea, without explaining who was providing the foodstuffs for export. Ukraine, like Russia one of the world’s biggest exporters of grains and oilseeds, has accused Russia of stealing grain from territories in …
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KYIV (Reuters) -An air strike hit a building sheltering civilians in Ukraine’s embattled eastern city of Lysychansk on Thursday, killing at least four and wounding seven, local governor Serhiy Gaidai said. “The rescue operation is still ongoing,” Gaidai wrote on the Telegram app on Thursday evening. The governor said a separate air strike on Thursday …
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By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States’ ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, said on Thursday he expects Beijing’s “zero COVID” policy to persist into early 2023, and that U.S. businesses were reluctant to invest in the country until restrictions ease. The re-emergence of infections in China’s capital Beijing has raised new concerns about …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s fuel stocks will last for about five more days, its power and energy minister said on Thursday, as the island nation awaits official confirmation from the Indian government for a new $500 million credit line for fuel. The country of 22 million people is caught in its worst …
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By Mohammed Jalal and Charlotte Bruneau SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) – A week before she left Afghanistan in October 2021, Shakila Mohammadi visited her hometown on a short break from university. “At that time I did not know that this was the last time I could visit my favorite place,” the 22-year-old law student said from …
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(Reuters) -Russia said on Thursday that it had banned 121 Australian citizens, including top journalists and defence officials, from entering, accusing them of being part of a “Russophobic agenda”. Among the sanctioned individuals were journalists from Australia’s ABC News, Sydney Morning Herald, Sky News and Nine Network, as well as businesspeople and various defence officials. …
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