By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Pacific island leaders agree China’s plan for a sweeping trade and security pact needs to be discussed at a regional meeting before any decisions are made, Samoa’s leader said on Thursday. Ahead of regional tour by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi which started last week, Beijing officials had circulated a …
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By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – Canada’s military has accused Chinese warplanes of harassing its patrol aircraft as they monitor North Korea sanction evasions, sometimes forcing Canadian planes to divert from their flight paths. On several occasions from April 26 to May 26, aircraft of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) approached a Royal …
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By Pavel Polityuk and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Russian forces on Wednesday fought their way into the centre of the Ukrainian industrial city of Sievierodonetsk and appeared to be close to claiming a big prize in their offensive in the eastern Donbas region. But in a boost for Ukraine, locked in a grinding struggle …
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(Corrects typo in Lin Ping-yu’s last name in para 21) By Ann Wang and Fabian Hamacher TAIPEI (Reuters) -From tour guides to tattoo artists, some in Taiwan are taking shooting lessons for the first time in their lives as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ratchets up anxiety at the prospect of giant neighbour China making a …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are ready to implement a ban on imports from China’s Xinjiang region when a law requiring it becomes enforceable later in June, a U.S. Customs official said on Wednesday, adding that a “very high” level of evidence would be required for an exemption. U.S. President Joe Biden in December signed …
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By Andrew Both PINE NEEDLES, N.C. (Reuters) – It started as a reporter’s question to Lydia Ko wondering why she had received treatment on her back and ended with the golfer being hailed for her honesty in addressing an issue that female athletes can often be reluctant to publicly discuss. World number three Ko revealed …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe and Jorgelina do Rosario COLOMBO/LONDON (Reuters) – Sri Lanka is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to borrow at least $3 billion via the lender’s extended fund facility (EFF), sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The island state’s government expects another round of technical talks with the IMF in …
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(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan on Wednesday, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), it said (Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Catherine Evans)
BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing reported two new domestically transmitted COVID-19 infections in community screening during the 15 hours to 3 p.m. local time (0700 GMT) on Wednesday, a disease control official said. The city also reported another five new cases during the 15 hours who had already been quarantined, Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director at the …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday slammed a joint statement by the leaders of the United States and New Zealand that expressed “grave concerns” on human rights violations in Xinjiang and the erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong. Their joint statement smears China and gravely interferes in China’s internal affairs, said Zhao Lijian, …
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