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HONG KONG (Reuters) – China is aiming to beef up physical education in schools, making it core to the curriculum rather than a secondary subject, authorities said as they push for a more “holistic education” amid growing concerns about the rise in childhood obesity. Primary and secondary schools must ensure physical education teachers are treated …

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By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) – Nearly three decades after the fall of Indonesia’s authoritarian leader, General Suharto, the nation’s new president is causing unease among liberals and others by increasingly turning to the once-all-powerful military to carry out his governing vision. Critics of President Prabowo Subianto point to the former defence minister’s early actions …

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By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China said on Monday it is willing to repatriate confirmed Chinese nationals from the United States, as U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs and sanctions on some countries if they do not cooperate on accepting deportees. In recent months, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has sent five charter flights …

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By Erin Banco NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely to have emerged from a lab than from nature, an agency spokesperson said on Saturday. The agency had for years said it could not conclude whether COVID-19 was the result of a lab incident or originated …

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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te appealed on Monday in his Lunar New Year message for harmony between ruling party and opposition, amid a standoff over the opposition slashing this year’s budget. While Lai won the presidential election last year, his Democratic Progressive Party lost its majority in parliament, giving the opposition control over spending …

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By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The head of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after cuts in international aid and an impending freeze in U.S. foreign funding. Many people were living on just “bread and tea”, WFP Country Director Hsiao-Wei Lee …

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