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Biden to meet virtually with Japanese and Philippine leaders, White House says

8 Jan 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will host a virtual meeting with leaders from Japan and the Philippines during his trip to Rome this week, the White House said on Wednesday. Armed forces from the Philippines, the United States and Japan conducted a “maritime cooperative activity” within Manila’s exclusive economic zone in the South …

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South Korea’s Yoon faces new arrest attempt in fortified compound

8 Jan 2025

By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a new and potentially more robust attempt to arrest him for insurrection after a top investigator vowed to do whatever it takes to break a security blockade and take in the embattled leader. Acting president Choi Sang-mok urged on …

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Winter surge in respiratory illness in China and elsewhere not unusual, WHO says

8 Jan 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -Rising cases of common respiratory illnesses in China and elsewhere around the Northern Hemisphere are within the range expected for winter, with no unusual outbreaks reported, the World Health Organization said. Reports of a surge of cases in China of human metapneumovirus (hMPV), a common respiratory infection, have drawn headlines worldwide, with reports …

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India to consider engaging in development projects in Afghanistan

8 Jan 2025

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India will consider engaging in development projects in Afghanistan in the near future, India’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, despite the lack of diplomatic relations. The statement followed a meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai. “In response to the request …

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Suspected killer of former Cambodia lawmaker arrested, Thai police say

8 Jan 2025

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -A suspected hit man who shot dead a former Cambodian opposition lawmaker in a brazen attack in Thailand’s capital Bangkok was arrested in Cambodia after a day-long manhunt, a senior Thai police official said on Wednesday. Thai police coordinated with Cambodian authorities after learning that the suspect …

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Merck’s HPV vaccine gets China approval for men amid declining sales

8 Jan 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) -Merck’s human papillomavirus vaccine has been approved for men in China, it said on Wednesday, providing the U.S. drugmaker a much-needed boost in a key market where demand has been falling among women. The shot, Gardasil, is already approved for women, but the vaccine’s distributor in China has reduced stock due to weak …

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Armenia warns of escalation risk after Azeri leader calls it ‘fascist’

8 Jan 2025

(Reuters) – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has accused neighbouring Armenia of posing a “fascist” threat that needs to be destroyed, in comments that Armenia’s leader called a possible attempt to justify fresh conflict. Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought a series of wars since the late 1980s, when Nagorno-Karabakh, a region in Azerbaijan that had a …

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Indonesian government tells ranchers to import cattle for school meals programme

8 Jan 2025

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia is encouraging domestic cattle ranchers to import breeding cows, targeting 400,000 head in 2025, to supply meat and milk for the government’s free school meals programme, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. Indonesia’s programme to give free meals to children and pregnant women began this week with 570,000 meals distributed to schools …

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Soccer-Indonesia appoint Patrick Kluivert as men’s national team coach

8 Jan 2025

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia announced on Wednesday the appointment of former Netherlands forward Patrick Kluivert as their new men’s national team coach, a move to bolster their bid to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. The appointment of former AC Milan, Ajax and Barcelona player Kluivert, who scored 40 goals in 79 appearances for his …

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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes China near source of Yellow River

8 Jan 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) – A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook parts of the Chinese province of Qinghai on Wednesday, with its epicentre located near the source of the Yellow River, the main natural waterway serving northern China. The vast Qinghai-Tibetan plateau has been jolted by seismic activity since Tuesday, including a deadly 6.8-magnitude quake in the foothills …

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