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China’s ‘Hawaii’ under water as tropical storm dumps record rainfall

29 Oct 2024 29 Oct 2024

BEIJING (Reuters) – For a third day, extreme rainfall pounded the southern Chinese province of Hainan, known as China’s “Hawaii”, amid the transit of yet another tropical cyclone, leaving the island half-submerged in a year of record-breaking wet weather. Cities in Hainan including Sanya, famed for its palm trees, seafront hotels and sandy beaches, remained …

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Policeman killed in attack on polio vaccination teams in Pakistan

29 Oct 2024 29 Oct 2024

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -At least one policeman was killed in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday as unidentified gunmen attacked a health office where polio vaccination teams were gathered, an official working at the government body tackling the spread of polio in the province said. The attack occurred in Upper Orakzai in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where around …

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Japan’s Shionogi says Phase 3 study showed COVID pill reduces transmission

29 Oct 2024 29 Oct 2024

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Shionogi & Co said on Tuesday a global, late-stage study showed its pill-based treatment for COVID-19 was effective in reducing transmission of the disease. Ensitrelvir, known commercially as Xocova, showed a statistically significant reduction in participants with symptomatic infection after exposure to household contacts with COVID, Shionogi said in a statement. …

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Chinese planemaker COMAC opens Singapore office

29 Oct 2024 29 Oct 2024

SEOUL (Reuters) – Chinese planemaker COMAC has opened an office in Singapore, China’s embassy in the southeast Asian city state said, as the state-owned company tries to break into a global passenger jet market dominated by Western manufacturers. The new Asia-Pacific office was a key symbolic step for the passenger jet maker in taking its …

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Indonesia’s Prabowo to visit China and US in first foreign trip, newspaper says

29 Oct 2024 29 Oct 2024

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto will visit China and the United States during a five-country trip just a few weeks after taking office, Kompas newspaper reported on Tuesday, signalling his intent to pursue an active role on the international stage. Prabowo took office on Oct. 20 and as president-elect had visited 21 countries, …

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Senior US diplomat arrives in Taiwan as officials downplay Trump comments

29 Oct 2024 29 Oct 2024

By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) -A senior U.S. diplomat who helps manage ties with Taiwan has arrived in Taipei, the de facto U.S. embassy said on Tuesday, as Taiwanese officials sought to downplay Donald Trump’s latest attacks of the island’s crucial chip industry and defence needs. The United States is Chinese-claimed Taiwan’s …

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Analysis-Election shock in key US ally Japan could embolden China, other rivals

29 Oct 2024 29 Oct 2024

By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – A shock election result in Japan, Washington’s key Asian security ally, and the United States’ potentially destabilising presidential election next week could provide an opportunity for China and other rivals to test Western resolve in East Asia. Analysts say China could increase intrusions into Japanese territory as well as …

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What is ‘Taiwan independence’ and is Taiwan already independent?

29 Oct 2024 29 Oct 2024

By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping asked U.S. President Joe Biden last year to toughen the language the United States uses when discussing its position on Taiwanese independence, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the private conversation. Below are some questions and answers about what is meant …

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Exclusive-China’s Xi pressed Biden to alter language on Taiwan, sources say

29 Oct 2024 29 Oct 2024

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Laurie Chen and Yimou Lee WASHINGTON/BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping asked U.S. President Joe Biden last year to change the language the United States uses when discussing its position on Taiwanese independence, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the private conversation. During last November’s Biden-Xi meeting near San Francisco, …

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Malaysia’s former PM Mahathir discharged from hospital

29 Oct 2024 29 Oct 2024

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was discharged from hospital on Monday, his aide said, after the 99-year-old had been admitted earlier this month because of coughing due to a lower respiratory infection. Mahathir, who served as prime minister for more than two decades, has a history of heart problems and …

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