By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States will again push for more U.N. sanctions on North Korea if it carries out a seventh nuclear test, despite opposition by China and Russia, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Tuesday. China and Russia last week vetoed a U.S.-led push to …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday raised concerns about a security agreement between China and the Solomon Islands, the White House said. “The United States and New Zealand share a concern that the establishment of a persistent military presence in the Pacific by a state …
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ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis led an international prayer service for peace in Ukraine and other places stricken by war on Tuesday, sitting in his wheelchair before a statue that Romans traditionally associate with peace. The 85-year-old pope visited the Rome basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and prayed before the statue of Mary Queen of …
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By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Following two months of frustration, despair and economic loss, Shanghai’s draconian COVID-19 lockdown ended at midnight on Wednesday morning, prompting celebrations tempered with fear that an outbreak could return. Most of Shanghai’s 25 million residents can now freely leave home, return to work, use public transport and drive their …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -South Korean supergroup BTS, a fundraising juggernaut for social justice causes in the United States, will visit the White House on Tuesday to discuss hate crimes targeting Asians with U.S. President Joe Biden. The group will also address the White House press briefing Tuesday afternoon. “Biden and BTS will also discuss the importance …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepali search and rescue teams on Tuesday recovered the body of the last of 22 people aboard a small plane that crashed in the Himalayas two days earlier and also found the flight’s voice recorder. Two Germans, four Indians and 16 Nepalis were on the De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s centre-left Labor party has secured enough seats in the lower house of parliament to govern in its own right, the country’s new prime minister said on Tuesday, letting it form government without the support of independents or minor parties. Although the previous conservative coalition government conceded almost immediately after the May 21 …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing reported one new domestically transmitted COVID-19 infection in community screening during the 15 hours to 3 p.m. local time (0700 GMT) on Tuesday, a disease control official said. The city also reported another four new cases during the 15 hours who had already been quarantined, Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director at the …
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(Reuters) -China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday signed agreements in Tonga for police equipment and fisheries cooperation on a tour through the Pacific islands region where Beijing’s ambitions for wider security ties has caused concern among U.S. allies. Pacific island nations were unable to reach consensus in a meeting with Wang a day earlier …
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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Tuesday said it had filed a diplomatic protest with China for unilaterally declaring a South China Sea fishing ban, and complained also of harassment and violations of its jurisdiction by Beijing’s coast guard. The foreign ministry in a statement accused the Chinese vessels of disrupting a joint marine scientific …
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