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Philippines activists ready for long battle to keep Marcos from power

11 Feb 2022

MANILA (Reuters) – Petitioners seeking to bar Ferdinand Marcos Jr from the Philippines presidency said on Friday they were bent on keeping “autocratic figures” from power and would use all legal channels to stop the election frontrunner, including the Supreme Court. Complainants failed to convince the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to disqualify Marcos, 64, the …

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Australia thwarts Chinese plot to fund election candidates – media

11 Feb 2022

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Chinese spies sought to fund candidates for Australia’s centre-left Labor opposition party in an upcoming federal election but the plot was foiled by the national security agency, Australian media reported on Friday. The plot was arranged by an unnamed businessman with strong Chinese connections who sought to fund candidates in the state of …

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Situation in Myanmar is “deeply troubling” – Blinken

11 Feb 2022

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The junta in Myanmar has doubled down on repression and violence, and U.S. President Joe Biden will focus on the situation there when he meets with ASEAN leaders, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday. “I think it is painfully obvious that the developments there are deeply, deeply troubling,” Blinken …

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Hong Kong’s zero-COVID quest pushes medical facilities to the brink

11 Feb 2022

By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s stubborn pursuit of zero COVID infections has stretched hospital and quarantine facilities nearly to their limit in the global financial hub, raising the near-term prospect of changes to admissions and isolation policies. Chinese-ruled Hong Kong is also grappling with the overload on doctors and nurses as …

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Quad to strengthen cyber-terrorism cooperation- Australia’s Payne

11 Feb 2022

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Countries in the Quad grouping will strengthen cooperation on cyber- and counter-terrorism, including on ransomware attacks, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said after meeting her counterparts from India, Japan and the United States. The four countries pledged on Friday to deepen cooperation to ensure the Indo-Pacific region was free from “coercion”, a …

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Olympics-Snowboarding-Japan’s Hirano soars to halfpipe gold, tearful White thankful for final ride

11 Feb 2022

By Mari Saito and Winni Zhou ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) – Japan’s Ayumu Hirano soared to gold at the men’s snowboard halfpipe final on Friday at the Beijing Games, while a tearful Shaun White said he was thankful for his final run despite just missing out on the podium in his fifth and last Olympics. Hirano, …

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China, Tonga hold aid ceremony day before US Pacific meet

11 Feb 2022

By Kirsty Needham MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Tonga and China held a signing ceremony on Friday for construction equipment that will be used to build infrastructure in the tsunami-hit Pacific island, a day before the top U.S. diplomat arrives in the region to discuss development aid. Tonga is in lockdown as it experiences it first COVID-19 outbreak, …

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Olympics-Figure skating-‘I want to be like Chen’, says Japanese medallist Uno

11 Feb 2022

By Chang-Ran Kim BEIJING (Reuters) – A day after taking a bronze medal at the Beijing Games, Japanese figure skater Shoma Uno said he would keep working to go higher “to be like Nathan (Chen)” without the baggage of expectation that has swirled around countryman Yuzuru Hanyu for years. Speaking at a news conference on …

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Japan, U.S. affirm close coordination on Ukraine

11 Feb 2022

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed to closely cooperate on the Ukraine situation in a bilateral meeting on Friday, a Japanese foreign ministry official said. “They reaffirmed they were watching carefully the Ukraine situation with grave concern, and that Japan and the United States would …

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Olympics-Beijing Games organiser reports 11 new COVID-19 cases on Feb 10

11 Feb 2022

BEIJING (Reuters) – The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee said on Friday that a total of 11 new COVID-19 cases were detected among games-related personnel on Feb. 10. Two of the cases were found among new airport arrivals, according to a notice on the Beijing 2022 official website. Nine others were among those already …

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