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By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Sunday his government was working to make the president and cabinet accountable to parliament, after weeks of street protests triggered by the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. Hit hard by the pandemic, rising oil prices and populist tax cuts, Sri Lanka …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese capital Beijing reported no new COVID-19 community infections, excluding areas under quarantine, from May 27 to 3 p.m. May 29, a local health official said on Sunday. While Beijing’s COVID outbreak is under control, risk of a rebound still exists, the official warned at a news conference. Beijing has reported …

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By Emily Chow and Roxanne Liu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai said on Sunday “unreasonable” curbs on businesses will be removed from June 1 as it looks to lift its COVID-19 lockdown, while Beijing reopened parts of its public transport as well as some malls and other venues as infections stabilised. The Chinese commercial hub of 25 …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s new government has had a positive response from Pacific island leaders to its diplomatic engagement, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, as he focuses on a region in which China is pushing its influence. China aims to build on a security pact it recently signed with the Solomon Islands, which has alarmed the …

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By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -Top North Korean officials discussed revising anti-epidemic restrictions on Sunday as they assessed the situation over the country’s first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak was “improving”, state media reported. A politburo meeting guided by leader Kim Jong Un “made a positive evaluation of the pandemic situation being controlled and improved across the …

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(Reuters) – Shanghai will ease COVID-19 testing requirements from June 1 for people who want to enter public areas or use public transport to encourage work resumption and a return to normal life, a city official said on Sunday. From June 1, people entering public venues or taking public transportation will need to show a …

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