By Krystal Hu, Muyu Xu and Jenna Zucker BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s teen sensation Su Yiming gave himself an early 18th birthday present by grabbing gold in the men’s snowboarding Big Air event at the Olympics on Tuesday, marking China’s first ever gold medal in snowboard and sixth gold in Beijing. Su, who also won silver …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan has joined the United States and Australia in backing a European Union trade case against China at the World Trade Organization over Beijing’s alleged trade curbs on Lithuania, its foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The EU launched a challenge at the Geneva-based trade body last month, accusing China of discriminatory trade …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -A small Chinese civilian aircraft flew very close to a remote Taiwanese-controlled island next to China’s coast earlier this month, Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Tuesday, adding China may be trying a new strategy to test its reactions. Taiwan has complained for the last two years of repeated Chinese military activity near it, …
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By Philip O’Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) -Sub-freezing evening temperatures have continued to cause logistical problems for the organisers at the Beijing Olympics with races being brought forward to avoid the late chill. Tuesday’s biathlon relay has been switched to an afternoon start, as have Wednesday’s two cross-country relays. The temperature in the mountain resort of …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – A major Chinese high-tech industry centre limited some highway access on Tuesday after detecting new COVID-19 cases, while epidemic control measures, including mass testing, affected the local operations of overseas firms such as Robert Bosch GmbH. The city of Suzhou – a trading, commercial and industrial hub in the eastern province of …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan may take steps against Russia including imposing sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Tuesday. “First and foremost, Japan is strongly seeking a resolution through diplomatic dialogue,” Hayashi told a regular news conference. “But if Russian invasion takes place, Japan will take appropriate steps including possible sanctions, …
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(Reuters) – Novavax Inc said on Monday it had received interim authorization from the Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) for its COVID-19 vaccine in adults. (Reporting by Dania Nadeem in Bengaluru)
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban on Monday warned that it would reconsider its policy towards the United States if President Joe Biden did not reverse his “unjustified” decision to return only half of Afghanistan’s $7 billion deposited on U.S. soil. The United States will free up half of the $7 billion in frozen Afghan central …
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By Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hoping to inspire more Thais to recycle plastic waste, two local companies have teamed up to make Buddhist amulets by using nine types of recyclable materials ranging from plastic bottles to nylon fishing nets. Predominantly Buddhist Thailand is estimated to be the fifth-biggest contributor of plastic to the world’s …
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By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani appeals court on Monday acquitted the brother of social media star Qandeel Baloch of her murder, a 2016 killing that sparked national outrage and changes in laws covering so-called “honour killings”. Muhammad Waseem appealed against his 2019 murder conviction and life sentence. A court in the …
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