By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Indika Prasanna Kumara ventures out every afternoon to try to find 200 litres of diesel for the Broadway Kids apparel factory in Sri Lanka so it can run its generators during power cuts and keep working. “We have to scout for different fuel stations because of the shortages, then …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea President Moon Jae-in on Friday ordered an all-out efforts to be made to protect the Hanul Nuclear Power Plant from a wildfire that broke out in the eastern coastal county of Uljin, the presidential office said in a statement. (Reporting by Cynthia Kim; editing by John Stonestreet)
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Supreme Court upheld an order for utility Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) to pay damages of 1.4 billion yen ($12 million) to about 3,700 people whose lives were devastated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the first decision of its kind. Public broadcaster NHK said the average payout of about 380,000 yen ($3,290) …
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By Donny Kwok and Twinnie Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) -Two of Hong Kong’s largest consumer retail chains started rationing some food and drug items on Friday to curb panic buying that has plagued the city over the past week amid fears of a citywide lockdown as COVID-19 cases soar. Health authorities reported 52,523 new COVID-19 …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Sony Corp and Honda Motor Co Ltd said on Friday they would pair up to develop and sell battery-powered electric vehicles, as the electronics maker furthers its ambitions to become a key player in next-generation automobiles. The two companies said in a statement they would form a joint venture this year and …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s foreign ministry on Friday urged all sides to ensure the safety of nuclear facilities in Ukraine, after a fire broke out in a building adjacent to a nuclear plant that was later seized by Russian forces, according to Ukraine. “We will monitor the situation and call on all sides to exercise restraint, …
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By Kiyoshi Takenaka, David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leaders of the Quad grouping of countries – the United States, India, Australia and Japan – agreed on Thursday that what is happening to Ukraine should not be allowed to happen in the Indo-Pacific, the prime ministers of Japan and Australia said. A virtual …
By Maksym Levin and Pavel Polityuk BORODYANKA/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine agreed on Thursday to the need for humanitarian corridors to help civilians escape Moscow’s eight-day-long invasion, the first apparent progress in talks, as the United States and Britain hit more oligarchs with sanctions. Thousands are thought to have died or been wounded …
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By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea began early voting on Friday for a presidential election in the shadow of the pandemic, as up to a million people with COVID-19 are expected to cast ballots during a spike driving one of the world’s highest caseloads. Election workers have been deployed in protective equipment including …
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(Reuters) – Leaders of the Quad grouping of countries – the United States, India, Australia and Japan – discussed on Thursday the ongoing Ukraine crisis from Russia’s invasion and agreed to a new humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mechanism, the White House said. “They agreed to stand up a new humanitarian assistance and disaster relief …
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