HANOI (Reuters) – More than 17 million Vietnamese students were due to return to school on Monday for the first time in about a year, the health ministry said, as authorities announced plans to start vaccinating children from as young as five against COVID-19. The Southeast Asian country lifted many of its coronavirus curbs in …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organising Committee said on Monday that 24 new COVID-19 cases were detected among games-related personnel on Feb. 6. Eleven of the cases were found among new airport arrivals, according to a notice on the Beijing 2022 official website. Thirteen others were among those already in the “closed …
By Michael Church (Reuters) – Women’s Asian Cup-winning coach Shui Qingxia believes China’s first continental title in 14 years could put her side on the path to reclaiming its status among football’s elite. China won the trophy for the first time since 2006 on Sunday with a 3-2 victory over South Korea in Navi Mumbai, …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Chinese leaders on Saturday that he expected authorities to allow U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to make a “credible visit” to the country, including Xinjiang, the United Nations said. Guterres met with China’s President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on …
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By Abhirup Roy and Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) -Lata Mangeshkar, one of India’s best known cultural icons and a singer who defined music for generations of her countrymen, died on Sunday and was given a state funeral as politicians and personalities united in mourning. Mangeshkar, 92, made her name in the world of Bollywood and …
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By Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Militants firing from inside Afghanistan killed at least five Pakistani soldiers at a border post in northwestern Kurram district on Sunday, the Pakistan military said, the second such attack since Taliban militants took over Kabul in August. The army said it retaliated, causing heavy casualties, but …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. special representative for North Korea will meet with Japanese and South Korean officials later this week, the U.S. State Department said on Sunday, following a series of ballistic missile tests U.S. officials said Pyongyang launched last month. U.S. Ambassador Sung Kim will travel to Honolulu from Feb. 10-15 to host …
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By Michael Church (Reuters) – China claimed a record-extending ninth Women’s Asian Cup title after staging a dramatic second-half comeback to hand South Korea a 3-2 defeat in Navi Mumbai on Sunday. Xiao Yuyi scored three minutes into injury time to cap a late title-winning resurgence from the Chinese, who had trailed to strikes from …
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(Reuters) – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern urged New Zealanders on Sunday to unite in their battle against COVID-19, as the pandemic forced the country to celebrate its national Waitangi Day online. A growing outbreak of the highly transmissible Omicron variant has pushed all commemorations online, prompting Ardern to urge vaccinations. “We all have a duty …
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(Reuters) – Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Beijing on Thursday for the opening of the Winter Games and will not be traveling to France next week for an Indo-Pacific summit, his office said on Sunday. “Prime Minister Marape will now abort the French leg of this …
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