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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan plans to extend up to $100 million in aid to developing countries in the Indo-Pacific region to help them better battle the COVID-19 pandemic, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Friday. Hayashi made the comment to reporters on the sidelines of a Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers meeting in Germany, …

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By Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s biggest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, will build a manufacturing plant that can produce up to 250,000 cars a year on an 800-acre site in northern Haryana state, it said on Friday. The plant is expected to produce its first car by 2025, and the company would invest over …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday that a decision by the U.N. Human Rights Council to set up an investigation into alleged human rights abuses by Russian troops had shaken members’ trust in the body. The U.N. Human Rights Council resolution to set up the investigation passed on Thursday …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China will help North Korea fight the COVID outbreak if its East Asian neighbour requests for it, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday. China is closely following the situation in North Korea, Zhao told a regular press briefing. (Reporting by Yew Lun Tian, editing by John Stonestreet)

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday that a joint EU-Japan statement that mentioned a territorial dispute between China and Japan was an attempt to smear China and interfere in its internal affairs. The statement expressed concern over the situation surrounding the disputed East China Sea islets known as the …

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By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – In South Korea, fewer women are having children and those who do are in no rush. The sky-high costs of housing and education make financial security a must. Social mores also dictate the need to be married. Lim Eun-young, a 34-year-old public servant, says she is not ready to …

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By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea is facing its first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak with no known vaccine programme, sparking new calls for the government to accept aid that could save lives, help protect its battered economy, and possibly lead to a diplomatic opening. The office of South Korean President Yoon …

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