BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu will attend the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting from Feb. 21 to 22 in Rio de Janeiro, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Wang Yi was unable to attend the meeting because of scheduling conflicts, spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular …
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By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Sydney martial arts instructor has been arrested for the alleged triple murder of a South Korean family living in the city after a child and woman were found dead in a Taekwondo centre, Australian police said on Wednesday. Police arrested the 49-year-old man in hospital late on Tuesday …
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By Hyonhee Shin and Minwoo Park SEOUL (Reuters) -More than 1,600 trainee doctors in South Korea’s major hospitals staged a walkout on Tuesday to protest against a government plan to admit more students to medical schools, stoking fears of delays to surgical operations and patient treatment. The government wants to boost medical school admissions by …
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By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s influential ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who was released this week from detention, was visited on Wednesday by former Cambodian leader Hun Sen, one of the tycoon’s closest allies during his 15 years of self-imposed exile. Political heavyweight Hun Sen, the self-styled strongman of Cambodia, was prime …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – China is one of the world’s most expensive places to raise a child, relative to its GDP per capita, a prominent Chinese think tank said on Wednesday as it detailed the time and opportunity costs for women who opt to have children in the country. The cost of raising a child …
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By Liz Lee and Alessandro Diviggiano BEIJING (Reuters) -Authorities in Beijing shut some highways on Wednesday after heavier-than-expected snowfall hit the Chinese capital, part of a cold spell sweeping many parts of the country this week. With freezing rain and snow expected to last until Monday, officials boosted public transport arrangements in the sprawling city …
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By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan on Tuesday drove away a Chinese coast guard boat that entered waters near its sensitive frontline islands, in a rise in tensions a day after China’s coast guard boarded a Taiwanese tourist boat that a Taiwan minister said has triggered “panic”. A Chinese coast guard boat, …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Two major Pakistan political parties said on Tuesday that they had reached a formal agreement to form a coalition government, ending ten days of intense negotiations after an inconclusive national election did not return a clear majority. The agreement between Bhutto Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Jack Kim MOSCOW/SEOUL (Reuters) -Vladimir Putin gave Kim Jong Un a luxury Russian Aurus limousine as a gift because the North Korean leader liked the car when the Russian president showed it to him last year, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. When Kim visited eastern Russia in September, Putin showed Kim …
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By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore has awarded Taylor Swift a grant to perform in the city-state, government authorities said on Tuesday, acknowledging efforts to persuade the pop superstar to perform on the island – her only stop in Southeast Asia – and the potential boon to the economy from her concerts. Swift is …
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