(Reuters) – In the jungles of southeastern Myanmar’s Dawna Hills, rebels from an armed ethnic group are fighting to hold back columns of reinforcements sent by the country’s ruling junta to try to reclaim Myawaddy, a critical trading outpost on the Thai border. What happens in the next few weeks in the scramble for Myawaddy …
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By Chantha Lach and Francesco Guarascio PHNOM PENH/HANOI (Reuters) – Cambodia plans to cut shipping through Vietnamese ports by 70% as a result of a $1.7 billion China-funded upgrade of a canal connecting the Mekong River basin to the Cambodian coast, the country’s deputy prime minister told Reuters. Sun Chanthol downplayed environmental concerns about the …
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s state planner signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Airbus on deepening aviation cooperation, Chinese state media Xinhua reported on Tuesday. President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart President Emmanuel Macron released joint statements and reached interdepartmental agreements on several areas including artificial intelligence, the Middle East and agriculture during his trip …
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(Refiles to correct spelling of Thiruvananthapuram in dateline and Himachal Pradesh in paragraph 28.) BARPETA/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (Reuters) – As India votes in a six-week general election, Narendra Modi’s image adorns everything from packs of rice handed out to the poor to large posters in cities and towns. His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is relying on …
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BEIJING (REUTERS) – China lifted the risk alert warning on bird flu in Serbia, the General Administration of Customs announced on Tuesday. “The risk alert on highly pathogenic avian influenza in Serbia will be lifted,” according to a statement. The inspection and quarantine requirements for Serbian poultry and its products exported to China shall be …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, reaffirmed their commitment to promoting a political settlement of the Iran nuclear issue, in a joint statement published by Chinese state media on Tuesday. The leaders also called for the “concrete implementation” of a two-state solution in Israel and “condemned” Israel’s policy …
By John Irish and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -China’s President Xi Jingping on Monday called for a global truce during the Olympic Games in Paris this summer after the French president and the head of the European Commission urged him to use his influence on Russia to end its war in Ukraine. President Emmanuel Macron …
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By Elizabeth Pineau, John Irish and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen urged Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday to ensure more balanced trade with Europe, but the Chinese leader showed little sign of being ready to offer major concessions. In meetings in Paris, Macron …
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By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -A Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian military helicopter during an “unsafe” and “unacceptable” confrontation over the Yellow Sea, Australia said on Monday. The Chinese air force J-10 jet dropped flares above and several hundred meters ahead of an Australian MH60R Seahawk helicopter which was on a routine flight on …
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By Andrew Silver SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China should increase the number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds over the next few years as part of its public health measures, several state agencies recommended in a joint statement published on Monday. The world’s second most populous country has gradually increased ICU beds over the years, but …
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