By Brenda Goh and Jason Xue SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Shanghai sprung back to life on Wednesday after two months of bitter isolation under a ruthless COVID-19 lockdown, with shops reopening and people going back to offices, parks and markets, hoping to never go through a similar ordeal again. For many of the 25 million residents …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – About 44 million South Koreans headed to polls to elect mayors and provincial governors on Wednesday, in races seen as an early test for new President Yoon Suk-yeol and his drive for fuelling an economic recovery and tackling inequality. Yoon took office last month after winning an unprecedentedly tight …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong will travel to the Pacific island kingdom of Tonga on Friday, days after her Chinese counterpart visited and discussed Tonga’s heavy debts to Beijing, Tonga’s government said. Wong will also visit Samoa for its 60th anniversary of independence celebrations, in her second visit to the …
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By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Asia’s factory activity slowed in May as China’s heavy-handed coronavirus curbs continued to disrupt supply chains and dampen demand, adding to woes for some countries in the region that are already struggling with surging raw material prices. Manufacturers slowed activity last month in economies ranging from Japan to Taiwan …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has tested positive for COVID-19 and is recuperating at home, the ministry said on Wednesday. No close contacts have been identified at the ministry, it said in a statement. Hayashi developed a mild fever earlier but his current symptoms are limited to a sore throat, a ministry official …
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By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Mother-of-two Yang Zengdong, 40, is ready to take her family for a long-awaited outing to mark Shanghai’s grand re-opening from COVID-19 lockdown on Wednesday. Her ambitions – head to a mall, see what is open and maybe buy a drink or some small toys for her young daughters – are …
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(Reuters) – State media in Myanmar on Wednesday blamed “terrorists” opposed to military rule for a deadly bomb blast at a bus stop in its biggest city of Yangon, an accusation denied by members of an exiled shadow government. The blast in downtown Yangon occurred on Tuesday afternoon, killing one person and wounding nine, according …
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By Pavel Polityuk and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Tuesday that Russia had taken control of most of the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, a bombed-out wasteland whose capture Moscow has made the principal objective of its invasion. Russia’s all-out assault on the city in Ukraine’s Luhansk province has been met by tough …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -The United States is planning on “cooperation” between its National Guard and Taiwan’s military, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, deepening security ties in the face of what Taipei’s government complains is a rising threat from China. The United States is Chinese-claimed Taiwan’s most important international supporter and arms supplier, despite the …
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By Jeff Mason and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. president and New Zealand’s prime minister aired shared concern about China’s bid to expand its influence in the Pacific on Tuesday and a senior U.S. official said they discussed the need for in-person engagement with Pacific island leaders. Joe Biden and Jacinda Ardern met at …
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