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China says it will take targeted steps to support the economy

24 May 2022

BEIJING (Reuters) -China will broaden tax credit rebates, postpone social security payments and loan repayments, roll out new investment projects and take other steps to support the economy, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the cabinet as saying on Monday. Chinese policymakers have pledged to step up support for the world’s second-biggest economy, hit by …

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Analysis-Biden’s Taiwan remarks show conviction to defend island but carry risks

23 May 2022

By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There is an old saying in politics that a gaffe is when a politician says what they really mean. And critics of U.S. President Joe Biden say he has made his fair share when it comes to Taiwan. On Monday, during his first trip to Asia …

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Armenia and Azerbaijan take small step towards Karabakh peace deal

23 May 2022

(Reuters) – Armenia and Azerbaijan each announced on Monday that they had set up a border commission, a potential step towards ending a dispute over the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh that has festered for three decades. The leaders of both countries had agreed in Brussels on Sunday to work on a peace plan, despite …

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U.S. policy has not changed on Taiwan, U.S. defense secretary says

23 May 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday he believed that President Joe Biden had not announced a change to America’s policy on military assistance to Taiwan. “I think the President was clear on the fact that the policy has not changed,” Austin told a news conference. Asked earlier on Monday if …

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Sri Lankan medicine shortage a death sentence for some, doctors say

23 May 2022

By Sunil Kataria COLOMBO (Reuters) – A shortage of medicine caused by an economic crisis in Sri Lanka could soon cause deaths, doctors said, as hospitals are forced to postpone life-saving procedures for their patients because they do not have the necessary drugs. Sri Lanka imports more than 80% of its medical supplies but with …

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UN Human Rights chief kicks off high-stakes visit to China, Beijing cites COVID in limiting access

23 May 2022

By Yew Lun Tian and Emma Farge BEIJING/GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet arrived in China on Monday, kicking off the first trip by a holder of the office since 2005 amid concerns that it could lead to an endorsement rather than scrutiny of China’s rights record. During the …

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S.Korea’s health minister nominee withdraws over abuse of power allegations

23 May 2022

By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s nominee for health minister, Chung Ho-young, on Monday withdrew his candidacy for the post, as public anger over allegations surrounding his children’s admissions into a medical school failed to die down. Chung is the second nominee for a ministerial post to withdraw his candidacy this month, in …

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Taiwan fails in bid to join WHO assembly after China pressure

23 May 2022

GENEVA (Reuters) -Taiwan’s bid to attend the World Health Organization’s annual assembly was rejected on Monday, the assembly said, after a campaign of diplomatic pressure from China to isolate the island, which it considers to be one of its own provinces. World Health Assembly (WHA) President Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh, also Djibouti’s health minister, said in …

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Ukraine reveals 87 killed in strike on barracks, worst military loss of war

23 May 2022

By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KYIV/MARIUPOL (Reuters) -Kyiv revealed its worst military losses from a single attack of the Ukraine war on Monday, saying 87 people had been killed last week when Russian forces struck a barracks housing troops at a training base in the north. The disclosure that scores had been killed in …

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S.Korean court dismisses plea to block loans to $3.6 billion Australian gas project

23 May 2022

By Sonali Paul SEOUL/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A South Korean court has dismissed an application from a group of Indigenous Australians to block South Korean export credit agencies from funding a deep-sea gas pipeline for the $3.6 billion Barossa gas project off northern Australia. People from the Tiwi Islands and Larrakia Traditional Owners in March sought …

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