Reuters Asia Top Archives - Page 1568 of 1665

Shanghai aims to reopen more COVID-shut businesses, Beijing battles on

15 May 2022 15 May 2022

By Brenda Goh and Tony Munroe SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai will gradually begin reopening businesses such as shopping malls and hair salons in China’s financial and manufacturing hub from Monday after weeks in strict COVID-19 lockdown, while Beijing battles a small but stubborn outbreak. All but shut down for more than six weeks, Shanghai is tightening …

Shanghai aims to reopen more COVID-shut businesses, Beijing battles on Read More »

Ukraine’s top diplomat meets Blinken, touts more weapon supplies

15 May 2022 15 May 2022

KYIV/BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he met U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Berlin on Sunday and that “more weapons and other aid is on the way to Ukraine”. “We agreed to work closely together to ensure that Ukrainian food exports reach consumers in Africa and Asia. Grateful to Secretary …

Ukraine’s top diplomat meets Blinken, touts more weapon supplies Read More »

Beijing extends work-from-home guidance in several city districts

15 May 2022 15 May 2022

BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing on Sunday extended guidance to work from home in four districts of the Chinese capital, including the largest, Chaoyang, as the city tries to stop a COVID-19 outbreak. Beijing found 55 new cases in the 24 hours to 3 p.m. (0700 GMT) on Sunday, 10 of which were outside areas that …

Beijing extends work-from-home guidance in several city districts Read More »

Polls open in Lebanese parliamentary election

15 May 2022 15 May 2022

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Polls opened on Sunday in Lebanon’s first parliamentary election since the country’s economic collapse. Voting was due to begin from 7 a.m. (0400 GMT) across 15 electoral districts, with candidates vying for 128 seats divided among 11 religious groups according to a sectarian power-sharing system. The last vote in 2018 saw the …

Polls open in Lebanese parliamentary election Read More »

For Ukrainian fighters Eurovision win heralds coming victory over Russia

15 May 2022 15 May 2022

By Sergiy Karazy (Reuters) – Gathered in a basement used as safe quarters north of Kyiv a small group of Ukrainian soldiers joyfully watched their country win the Eurovision Song Contest, saying it heralded their coming victory in the war to evict Russian forces from Ukraine. The Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision with their entry …

For Ukrainian fighters Eurovision win heralds coming victory over Russia Read More »

Australia PM, trailing in election polls, announces housing policy

15 May 2022 15 May 2022

(Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a housing policy on Sunday aimed at boosting home ownership and curbing high prices, as his government lags the opposition Labor Party days before a general election. Australians will vote for a government on Saturday, with recent polls showing Morrison’s Liberal-National coalition on track to lose to centre-left …

Australia PM, trailing in election polls, announces housing policy Read More »

Japan’s Okinawa marks half century since U.S. handover as regional tensions grow

15 May 2022 15 May 2022

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -The Japanese island chain of Okinawa marked the 50th anniversary on Sunday of the end of U.S. occupation and its return to Japan with calls for more economic growth and fewer U.S. bases despite growing worries over its proximity to an increasingly assertive China. Okinawa, a string of tropical islands …

Japan’s Okinawa marks half century since U.S. handover as regional tensions grow Read More »

Malaysia foreign minister meets counterpart from Myanmar shadow govt in Washington

15 May 2022 15 May 2022

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah met his counterpart from Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG), a shadow administration outlawed by the ruling military junta, in the group’s first open engagement with a Southeast Asian country. The meeting, disclosed by Saifuddin in a Twitter post late on Saturday, was held on the sidelines …

Malaysia foreign minister meets counterpart from Myanmar shadow govt in Washington Read More »

Ukraine wages counteroffensive against Russian forces in east

14 May 2022 14 May 2022

By Tom Balmforth and Jonathan Landay KYIV/BEZRUKY, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces have launched a counteroffensive near the Russian-held town of Izium in eastern Ukraine, a regional governor said on Saturday, in what could prove a serious setback for Moscow’s plans to capture the entire Donbas region. Russian forces have focused much of their firepower on …

Ukraine wages counteroffensive against Russian forces in east Read More »

Sri Lanka eases curfew as new PM begins forming cabinet

14 May 2022 14 May 2022

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka lifted a nationwide curfew for 12 hours on Saturday, further easing tight curbs as new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe made first his cabinet appointments after clashes between pro- and anti-government groups killed nine people. More than a month of predominantly peaceful protests against the government …

Sri Lanka eases curfew as new PM begins forming cabinet Read More »