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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution on rising tensions over Ukraine, denouncing any attempt to change the status quo by force and urging Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government to do all it can to help achieve peace. The resolution by parliament’s lower chamber comes after Russia amassed more than 100,000 troops …

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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Tuesday it plans to lodge a protest with the global top court for sport and an Olympics body over the disqualification of two short track speed skaters which triggered public furore at home. Hwang Dae-heon and Lee June-seo were disqualified from the men’s 1,000 metres …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States called on North Korea on Monday to defund its nuclear and ballistic missile programs and prioritize the needs of its own people, as Russia and China blamed sanctions for worsening the humanitarian situation in the hermit Asian state. Russia put sanctions under the spotlight at …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday advised against travel to six countries including Japan, Cuba, Libya, Armenia, Oman and the Democratic Republic of Congo over COVID-19 cases. The CDC now lists more than 130 countries and territories with COVID-19 cases as “Level Four: Very High.” It lists …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Monday that China’s use of a Uyghur athlete to carry the Olympic torch cannot be a distraction from Chinese human rights abuses and genocide committed against the Uyghurs. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal and Steve Holland; Editing by Mark Porter)

MANILA (Reuters) – Ironman, Captain America, puppeteers and performers on stilts entertained children at a vaccination centre in the Philippines on Monday, part of a drive to boost its COVID-19 inoculation campaign among its youngest citizens. Artists made swords and models from balloons as “superheroes” posed for pictures with children age 5 to 11 after …

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