BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s capital of Beijing reported 36 new symptomatic COVID-19 cases for May 1, down from 53 cases a day earlier, Xinhua news agency said on Monday. The city also recorded five asymptomatic cases for May 1, versus six a day earlier, it said. (Reporting by Sophie Yu, Tony Munroe and Zhou Huiling; …
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By Ryan Woo and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -The Chinese capital Beijing tightened COVID restrictions on Sunday as it battled an outbreak, while Shanghai let more of its 25 million residents venture out for light and air after reporting a second day of zero infections outside of quarantine areas. The outbreak in Shanghai, which began …
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By Michael Church HONG KONG (Reuters) – Japan’s Yokohama F Marinos sealed their spot in the knockout rounds of the Asian Champions League on Sunday as a 1-1 draw with two-time winners Jeonbuk Motors of South Korea took both clubs into the last 16. Kitchee joined the pair in the next round after their dramatic …
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By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of Sri Lankan opposition parties rallied on Sunday in the commercial capital Colombo as a weeks-long political and economic crisis showed no sign of abating. Sri Lanka’s economy was hit hard by the pandemic and tax cuts by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government. Dwindling …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing has found 350 local COVID-19 cases since April 22 across 14 of the Chinese capital’s 16 districts, a health official said on Sunday. The most populous district, Chaoyang, accounted for 143 of the infections, including 20 of the 55 cases detected in the city in the 24 hours to 3 p.m. …
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese on Sunday promised the country a “better future” in a campaign launch that was light on controversial reforms but drenched in unity and hope. The Labor party leader promised to “end the climate wars” by creating thousands of jobs in a green-energy transition centred …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition committee on Sunday named top presidential aides for the incoming government, including the chief national security and economic policy advisor. Sunday’s announcement came just over a week before Yoon holds his inauguration ceremony on May 10. Kim Sung-han, a professor at Korea University and former vice …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s financial hub of Shanghai has reined in COVID transmission risks at the community level, excluding cases in quarantine centres, with six of its 16 districts attaining zero-COVID status, an official said on Sunday. This status is achieved when a district has three consecutive days with no new daily increases in infections, …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – China’s lockdowns to control the spread of COVID-19 are “cruel” and Taiwan will not follow suit, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Sunday. Having controlled the pandemic with tough border controls and quarantines, Taiwan has been dealing with a surge in domestic infections since the start of this year, with some 75,000 infections …
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(Reuters) -Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will discuss the possibility of supporting the kingdom’s $3 billion deposit in Pakistan’s central bank by extending its term “or through other options,” a joint statement carried by Saudi state news agency SPA said on Sunday. Last year, Saudi Arabia deposited $3 billion in Pakistan’s central bank to help support …
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