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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected a petition against the eviction of more than 1,000 Palestinian inhabitants of a rural part of the occupied West Bank in an area which Israel has designated for military exercises. After two decades of inconclusive legal manoeuvring, the Supreme Court issued its ruling late on Wednesday, paving the …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Japan will remain vigilant as it transitions out of the COVID-19 pandemic and related curbs, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday, adding that some of the virus countermeasures will be reviewed in June. “Complacency cannot be tolerated yet,” said Kishida, speaking via a translator, during a visit to London. “Around June …

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(Reuters) – Twenty six people died when a housing block collapsed in the Chinese city of Changsha last week, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday after several days of rescue efforts. Rescuers have pulled ten people from the rubble of the eight-storey “self-built” house in Hunan province which collapsed on April 29, according to CCTV. …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that 140 individuals would be added to a Russian asset freeze list while an export ban will be expanded to Russian military firms. Kishida, speaking in London via a translator after a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, added that now was the …

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By Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so far. There were 14.9 million excess deaths associated with COVID-19 by the …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Japan’s new form of capitalism should pursue the dual purposes of economic growth and addressing social challenges, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in London on Thursday. He said he wanted to create a start-up boom in Japan. (Reporting by Tommy Wilkes and Muvija M, writing by William James, Editing by Kylie MacLellan)

LONDON (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that Japan would utilise nuclear reactors to reduce dependence on Russian energy. Speaking in London he said 150 trillion yen in investment would be raised in the next decade to meet energy needs and promised a roadmap to 2030, maximising pro-growth carbon pricing. (Reporting …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday to bolster defence and trade cooperation, part of Britain’s post-Brexit policy to deepen ties with nations in the Indo-Pacific region. With talks expected to focus on measures to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin over his country’s invasion of …

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