HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s finance ministry on Wednesday said it had earmarked 90 billion yuan ($12.54 billion) as an initial budget for childcare subsidy payments this year, an amount that experts said would probably be insufficient to boost a flagging birth rate. China on Monday announced a childcare subsidy of 3,600 yuan per year for …
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GUATEMALA CITY/ASUNCION (Reuters) -Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te will delay an expected trip to remaining allies in the Americas that would have taken place next month, embassy officials told Reuters on Tuesday, due to damages from a typhoon and as the island faces more torrential rains. Lai was expected to travel to the Americas next month, …
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By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -Sexually exploitative images of Chinese women were shared in encrypted Telegram chat groups with hundreds of thousands of users, Chinese media reported, triggering widespread outrage online. A Chinese-language Telegram chat group named “MaskPark tree hole forum” shared images of women secretly taken or filmed in locations, including public toilets, with …
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said he had just spoken with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who told him that he had a very good meeting with Chinese officials in Sweden on Tuesday. “He felt very good about the meeting, better than he felt yesterday,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on his way back …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya shared concerns over North Korea’s growing military ties with Russia among others, and agreed to work together with the United States, Japan’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Cho held his first meeting in Tokyo with Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya on Tuesday …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. senators from both major parties plan to introduce bills this week targeting China over its treatment of minority groups, dissidents and Taiwan, emphasizing security and human rights as President Donald Trump focuses on trade with Beijing. The three bills, seen by Reuters ahead of their introduction, have Democratic and …
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By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) -A ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia held on Tuesday and military commanders from both sides met to discuss measures to maintain the truce, as some residents along the disputed frontier trickled back home after five days of intense fighting. Thai and Cambodian leaders met in Malaysia on …
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(Reuters) -Defending champions China have been drawn to face North Korea, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan in the group phase of the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup with hosts Australia opening the three-week-long tournament against the Philippines on March 1 in Perth. The Joe Montemurro-coached Matildas will also take on South Korea and Iran in the 12-nation continental …
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BISHKEK (Reuters) -Kyrgyzstan has banned access to online pornography and imposed state control over internet traffic under new laws signed by President Sadyr Japarov, his office said on Tuesday. Japarov’s office said the ban on pornography is to “protect moral and ethical values” in mostly Muslim Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous Central Asian country of 7 million …
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By Liz Lee and Xiuhao Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -Extreme weather killed at least 30 people in Beijing after a year’s worth of rain fell in less than a week, forcing the relocation of more than 80,000 people, damaging roads and cutting off power and communications in more than 130 villages. Hundreds of flights and a …
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