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China’s LandSpace readies satellite launch with methane-fuelled rocket

5 Dec 2023

By Ella Cao, Roxanne Liu and Bernard Orr BEIJING (Reuters) -Beijing-based LandSpace Technology, one of China’s private space companies, is preparing to launch satellite payloads to orbit in a key commercial test of its methane and liquid oxygen fuelled rocket. Investors and rocket developers have said methane could offer a way to help slash costs …

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Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupts, killing 11 climbers; 12 missing

4 Dec 2023

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Eleven climbers were found dead in Indonesia on Monday and 12 were missing after the Marapi volcano erupted in West Sumatra, a rescue official said, as search operations – which were halted temporarily over safety concerns – resumed. Three survivors were found on Monday along with the bodies of the 11 climbers, out …

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China’s military: US Navy ship ‘illegally’ entered territorial waters

4 Dec 2023

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s military on Monday said a U.S. Navy ship illegally entered waters adjacent to the Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed South China Sea atoll that has recently seen several maritime confrontations. “The U.S. seriously undermined regional peace and stability,” a spokesperson for China’s Southern Theater of Operations said in a statement, adding that …

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Armenia says Azerbaijani forces killed one of its servicemen, Baku denies it

4 Dec 2023

(Reuters) – Armenia’s defence ministry said Azerbaijani forces shot dead an Armenian serviceman near the two countries’ border on Monday, but Baku said the report was “a complete lie”. The incident, if true, would mark the first such border fatality since Azerbaijan retook the region of Nagorno-Karabakh in September in a lightning military offensive that …

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Explainer-What do we know about China’s respiratory illness surge?

4 Dec 2023

By Andrew Silver SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A request by the World Health Organization for more information on a surge in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children in China has attracted global attention. Health authorities have not detected any unusual or novel pathogens, the WHO later said, and doctors and public health researchers say …

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Prominent Hong Kong activist moves to Canada after two-year silence

4 Dec 2023

By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) -One of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists, who was jailed as part of a China-imposed security crackdown, said on Sunday she had left Hong Kong for Canada after pressure from authorities left her with mental health issues. Agnes Chow, 27 – a core member of …

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Analysis-‘Lovin’ it’: McDonald’s raises China bet, bucking Western firms’ derisking trend

4 Dec 2023

By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) -The decision by McDonald’s to take greater control of its China business and expand aggressively in the face of a consumer slowdown and geopolitical tensions seems risky – but the potential pay-off is great, analysts say. Last month, the U.S.-based burger maker cut a deal to repurchase the 28% stake …

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