BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s capital Beijing has reported a total of 327 COVID cases linked to a bar as of Wednesday afternoon, a health official said. Beijing reported seven new local COVID cases on Wednesday up to 3 p.m., Liu Xiaofeng added. (This story corrects typo in paragraph 1) (Reporting by Albee Zhang and Ryan …
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By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, sacking the trade minister and announcing a replacement following controversy over a series of policy reversals on palm oil exports. Zulkifli Hasan, chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) and a former forestry minister, was sworn in …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China is investigating the former head of its national reserves bureau for suspected severe violations of law and discipline, the country’s top anti-graft body said on Wednesday. Zhang Wufeng, the ex-chief of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, is being investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the Chinese Communist …
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(Reuters) -BTS, the South Korean band that spearheaded a global K-pop craze, is taking a break as a group to work on solo projects, the singers announced on Tuesday. Band member RM, speaking at the annual FESTA dinner that celebrates the group’s founding, said he had been feeling a need to explore his own work …
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By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said its forces were still trying to evacuate civilians from embattled Sievierodonetsk on Tuesday after Russia destroyed the last bridge to the city, Moscow’s main target in its battle for control of eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian forces were holding out against the Russians after ground changed hands several times over …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Any Chinese military attack on Taiwan would have a greater impact on global trade flows than the Ukraine war, Taipei’s top trade negotiator told Reuters on Tuesday, saying it would lead to a shortage of semiconductor chips. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February has triggered commodity price hikes and …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has not yet made a final decision on how to respond to any future North Korean nuclear test, a senior Pentagon official said on Tuesday, a day after America’s top diplomat warned of adjustments to U.S. military posture. Asked to detail potential short- and longer-term military adjustments, Under Secretary …
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Soldiers in Burkina Faso have recovered 79 bodies so far after an attack in the northern Seno province over the weekend, the government said on Tuesday, as new details of the assault emerged. At least 100 people were killed, and possibly as many as 165, in the attack, security and local sources …
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(This Jun.9 story corrects first paragraph to show smoking in public risks breaking the law – not that smoking is not allowed – and removes comment in 11th paragraph for clarity) By Chayut Setboonsarng and Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand legalised the growing of marijuana and its consumption in food and drinks on Thursday, …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – China’s bid to set up a security pact with Pacific island countries should be considered by a regional forum, the leaders of Samoa and New Zealand said on Tuesday, weeks after the Solomon Islands sparked uproar by signing a deal with China. The Pacific islands and their old allies, …
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