WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday eased its COVID-19 travel ratings for Saudi Arabia, Myanmar and Haiti. The CDC said it had changed its COVID-19 travel recommendation for the three countries to “Level 1: Low” from “Level 4: Very High,” which urges Americans to avoid travel to …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in as the country’s prime minister on Monday at the President House, officially taking over from ousted premier Imran Khan. The oath was administered by the chairman of Pakistan’s Senate, Sadiq Sanjrani, in the absence of President Arif Alvi, a member of Khan’s party, who said he …
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By Asif Shahzad and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -More than 100 lawmakers loyal to Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan resigned on Monday, creating a headache for the new, Western-friendly incumbent Shehbaz Sharif as he tries to drag his country out of political and economic crisis. Parliament’s election of Sharif, 70, as prime minister …
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LONDON (Reuters) – From samurai armour to a folding screen depicting Mount Fuji, dozens of Japanese artifacts from the British royal collection go on public display in a new exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery near Buckingham Palace. “Japan: Courts and Culture”, which opens on Friday, features more than 150 items, including gifts from Japanese emperors …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Three political parties that recently withdrew from Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition have proposed forming an interim government with a new prime minister replacing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s older brother, they said on Monday. Facing an economic crisis and dragged down by debt, the island nation of 22 million people is running …
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By Ritsuko Shimizu and Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s government has asked power companies to top up their liquefied natural gas (LNG) reserves and share energy resources, a person familiar with the contingency plan said, as civilian deaths in Ukraine push Tokyo to halt Russian fuel imports. Utilities are scrambling for already stretched energy sources …
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(Reuters) – Video-sharing app TikTok’s advertisement revenue is likely to triple in 2022 to more than $11 billion, exceeding the combined sales of its rivals Twitter Inc and Snap Inc, according to research firm Insider Intelligence. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is one of the world’s most popular social media apps, with …
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COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday said the country had reached a decisive juncture and called for patience as protests continued over the government’s handling of a deepening economic crisis. In a televised address, Rajapaksa said that the government, which is led by his younger brother Gotabaya, will bring back …
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By Johan Purnomo JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Monday to disperse hundreds of university students protesting high cooking oil prices and a mooted extension of President Joko Widodo’s stay in office. Crowds of demonstrators were seen running away from the scene outside parliament in the capital Jakarta, according …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people have likely been killed in Russia’s assault on the southeastern city of Mariupol, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, as he asked Seoul for any military aid it could provide. “Mariupol has been destroyed, there are tens of thousands of dead, but even despite this, the …
