(Reuters) – India has approved Hyderabad-based drugmaker Biological E’s COVID-19 vaccine as the first mix-and-match booster dose in the country, the company said on Saturday. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) gave the nod for the Corbevax vaccine to be administerd as a booster shot to people age 18 years and over who have …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States staged their first combined military exercises involving an American aircraft carrier in more than four years, Seoul’s military said on Saturday, amid reports that North Korea was preparing for a nuclear test. The three-day drills took place in international waters off the Japanese …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – A passenger train accident in southwestern China on Saturday killed the driver and injured eight people, state broadcaster CCTV reported. As the Guangzhou-bound train was about to enter a tunnel in Guizhou province, it ploughed into debris deposited on the tracks by a mudslide, derailing two carriages and killing the driver, CCTV …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has warned the opposition not to “play politics” with the visit of China’s foreign minister amid an election campaign, noting China is a major trade partner and the biggest buyer of the Pacific nation’s gas exports. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Prime Minister …
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(Reuters) – Former head coach Guus Hiddink said he preferred South Korea’s newer, more attacking style of play, urging the team to stick to their guns despite a 5-1 thrashing at the hands of Brazil in a friendly Neymar scored a pair of penalties as Brazil dominated in an often one-sided contest on Wednesday, in …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a message of congratulations to Queen Elizabeth, the reclusive state’s foreign ministry said, as Britain celebrates her Platinum Jubilee. Friday marked the second of four days of pomp, parties and parades to celebrate the 96-year-old monarch’s record-breaking 70 years on the throne. “I extend my …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is leaning toward attending a summit of leaders from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in late June to spur coordination with the West over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Kyodo News reported, citing unnamed government sources. The move would mark an unusually aggressive stance for a Japanese …
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(Reuters) -Myanmar’s military government said on Friday that appeals by two prominent democracy activists against their death sentences had been rejected, paving the way for the country’s first executions in decades. The government has received widespread condemnation abroad for ousting an elected government in a coup more than a year ago, and for the brutal …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has updated its fact sheet on Taiwan again, to reinstate a line about not supporting formal independence for the Chinese-claimed, democratically governed island. Last month, the State Department changed its website on Taiwan, removing wording both on not supporting Taiwan independence and on acknowledging Beijing’s position that Taiwan is …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia said on Friday an increase in government revenue from rising commodity prices was insufficient to offset an expected spike in subsidy spending this year. Current geopolitical tensions had elevated fiscal risks, particularly from rising commodity prices, global supply chain disruptions and tightening monetary policy, the Finance Ministry said, as the …
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