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BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing’s recent outbreak of COVID-19 that has been linked to bars in the capital is “explosive” in nature, widespread in scope and complex, a Beijing government spokesman said in a briefing on Saturday. The capital has reported 46 new local COVID cases on Saturday as of 3 p.m. local time (0700 GMT), …

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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan said on Saturday it would cut mandatory quarantine for all arrivals to three days from seven, its latest relaxation of the rules to try to live with COVID-19 and resume normal life even as it has been dealing with a surge of infections. Taiwan has kept its quarantine rules in place …

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By Ilze Filks and Philip O’Connor STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The fight against climate change is also a fight for the right to education of girls, millions of whom lose access to schools due to climate-related events, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai told Reuters on Friday. Yousafzai was speaking outside the Swedish parliament where she …

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By Idrees Ali and Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The defence chiefs of China and the United States held face-to-face talks for the first time on Friday, with both sides standing firm on their opposing views over Taiwan’s right to rule itself. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe met on …

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By Chen Lin and Idrees Ali SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged on Friday to boost its regional security presence to counter multiple threats, from China’s expansion in the South China Sea to North Korea’s nuclear missile programme. Earlier, on the first day of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, U.S. Defense Secretary …

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(Reuters) – Russia and China opened a new cross-border bridge in the far east on Friday which they hope will further boost trade as Moscow reels from sweeping Western sanctions imposed over its actions in Ukraine. The bridge linking the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk to the Chinese city of Heihe across the Amur river – …

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled what he called a shift to “realistic” diplomacy on Friday to help his country tackle the dangers it faces in a world shaken by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The Kishida Vision for Peace will strengthen Japan’s diplomacy and security,” he said during a keynote speech at …

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