BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese capital of Beijing reported 53 new symptomatic coronavirus cases for April 30, up from 48 cases a day earlier, the local health authority said on Sunday. The city also found six asymptomatic cases, same as six a day earlier, it said. (Reporting by Ryan Woo and Jing Xu)
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s eastern commercial hub of Shanghai reported 38 new COVID-19 related deaths on April 30, down from 47 a day earlier, the local health authority said on Sunday. The city found 7,084 new local asymptomatic coronavirus cases on April 30 versus 8,932 a day earlier, the authority said in a statement. New …
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KABUL (Reuters) -A bomb blast in a passenger van in Kabul on Saturday killed at least one person, officials said, in the second explosion in the Afghan capital in two days, as security concerns rise on the eve of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack on Saturday, according …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has proposed changes to legislation that would ban its health service from buying medical supplies made in China’s Xinjiang region, after pressure from rights groups over Beijing’s treatment of the Uyghur people. Rights groups and lawmakers accuse China of widescale abuses against Uyghurs and other minority groups, including the torture, forced …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s foreign minister told the mayor of Ukraine’s capital on Friday their democracies stood on “the frontline of resisting” large authoritarian neighbours as he announced a donation of $8 million to Kyiv and Ukrainian medical institutions. The war in Ukraine has garnered broad sympathy in Taiwan, with many seeing parallels between Russia’s …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian state prosecutors are examining transcripts of conversations between people accused of unlawfully obtaining palm oil export permits and more suspects could be named if there is further evidence of breaches, an official said. Last week, Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office (AGO) named a senior trade ministry official and three palm oil executives …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will next month remove a requirement for arrivals vaccinated against COVID-19 to undergo a test and brief quarantine on arrival, an official said on Friday, the latest measure to revive its battered tourism industry. Visitors are encouraged to perform antigen self-tests during their stay, instead of the current “Test & Go” …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has thanked South Korea’s outgoing president for trying to improve relations, a rare gesture of goodwill but one that analysts said may not be enough to head off growing tension between the two Koreas. The warm words from North Korea to President Moon Jae-in …
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By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan is developing missiles that can attack enemy air bases and bring down cruise missiles, and drones that can target their firing locations, according to a report by the military-owned body making the weapons. Taiwan last year approved T$240 billion ($8.20 billion) in extra military spending …
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By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory on Thursday in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war, declaring the port city of Mariupol “liberated,” although hundreds of Ukrainian troops and civilians were still holding out inside a giant steel works. The United States disputed Putin’s claim and said it believed Ukrainian …
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