By Greg Torode and Guy Faulconbridge HONG KONG/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Beijing visit on Thursday is likely to be light on hard deals but will mark the start of his new presidential term with a show of support from his most powerful political partner, Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Putin’s two-day mission is …
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By Arpan Chaturvedi and Sudipto Ganguly NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of the founder-editor of a news portal accused by police of receiving illegal funding from China, saying his arrest was invalid more than seven months afterwards, his lawyers said on Wednesday. Police arrested Prabir Purkayastha early in October …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu called on the World Health Organization on Wednesday to allow the island to attend all its meetings if it is serious about its goal of “Health for All”, ahead of a key summit Taipei wants to take part in. Taiwan is excluded from most international organisations because …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia can easily achieve 8% economic growth, President-elect Prabowo Subianto told the Qatar Economic Forum on Wednesday, and he said the country is not protectionist. Prabowo is set to assume leadership of Southeast Asia’s largest economy of 270 million people in October, having pledged eradicate poverty and to continue his predecessor President …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan welcomed more than 3 million visitors for a second straight month in April, official data showed on Wednesday, setting the stage for a potential record year for tourism. The number of foreign visitors for business and leisure was 3.04 million last month, edging down from the monthly record of 3.08 million …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration’s new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other strategic sectors aim to protect the future of U.S. manufacturing, but they will likely accelerate a shift of Chinese production to Mexico, Vietnam and elsewhere to avoid them. U.S. officials and trade experts say that without strong efforts …
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By Michael Holden and James Pearson BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – U.S. and British officials warned on Tuesday of a growing cyber threat from China, with the White House cyber director saying Beijing was capable of causing havoc in cyberspace and a UK spy agency chief warning of an “epoch-defining” challenge. Anxiety has been increasing in …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China on May 16-17 for discussions with Xi Jinping about the conflict in Ukraine as well as deepening energy and trade cooperation, the Kremlin chief’s first foreign trip of his new six-year term. China and Russia declared a “no limits” partnership in February 2022 …
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By Kirsty Needham and Juliette Jabkhiro WELLINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) – France sent extra police squadrons to quell riots on the Pacific island of New Caledonia on Tuesday but also opened the door to a negotiated settlement with pro- and anti-independence groups. Overnight, rioters burnt cars, dozens of businesses, clashed with police and set up barricades to …
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By Alex Lawler, Ahmad Ghaddar and Maha El Dahan LONDON (Reuters) – Kazakhstan opened on Tuesday a thorny debate on OPEC+ production levels, saying it believed it should be allowed to pump more oil in 2025, when all current output cuts by the producer group are due to expire. Kazakhstan’s comments reported by Interfax come …
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