By Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine court has ordered a mining company to pay damages to 30 people for negligence in a 1993 dam burst that was one of the country’s worst mining disasters, a verdict cheered on Wednesday by environmentalists and the industry. The case was filed in 2001 by residents …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said her meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping had been a valuable opportunity to speak directly about human rights issues. Xi spoke on Wednesday by video with Bachelet, who is on a visit that has drawn criticism from rights groups and which the United …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China issued guidelines on Wednesday to expand infrastructure investment by channelling more private capital into existing projects. China will further promote the development of real estate investment trusts (REITs) to free up capital locked in existing projects, and will also promote Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to introduce more private funding, the State Council, …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will hold dual charge as finance minister, the president’s office announced on Wednesday, and will lead talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the crisis-hit nation seeks a bailout. “Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as finance, economic stabilisation and national policies …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s military said on Wednesday it recently conducted an exercise around Taiwan as a “solemn warning” against its “collusion” with the United States, Chinese state media reported. U.S. President Joe Biden angered China on Monday by appearing to signal a change in a U.S. policy of “strategic ambiguity” on Taiwan by saying the …
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(Reuters) – Russian forces waged an all-out assault to encircle Ukrainian troops in twin eastern cities straddling a river, a battle that could determine the success or failure of Moscow’s main campaign in the industrial heartland of Donbas. DIPLOMACY * European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen called for talks with Moscow on unlocking wheat …
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By Pavel Polityuk and Conor Humphries KYIV/SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian forces waged an all-out assault on Tuesday to encircle Ukrainian troops in twin eastern cities straddling a river, a battle that could determine the success or failure of Moscow’s main campaign in the industrial heartland of Donbas. Russia is attempting to seize the separatist-claimed …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will deliver a speech on Thursday outlining U.S. policy toward China, the State Department said. Blinken will deliver the speech at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C., at an event hosted by the Asia Society think tank, the State Department …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It was a mistake for the United Nations human rights chief to agree to visit China, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday, amid concerns that government restrictions on her access could undermine scrutiny of Beijing’s rights record. During her six-day trip that began on Monday, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is changing the way it deals with China and will give higher priority for human rights issues, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Tuesday, following fresh media reports about human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Western states and rights groups accuse Xinjiang authorities of detaining and torturing Uyghurs …
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