BEIJING (Reuters) – China values the follow-up to the incident of MH370, a Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing nearly 10 years ago, and hopes all sides maintain close communication and properly handle this issue, the foreign ministry said on Monday. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the comments after a media report of a Chinese court …
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HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam and Japan on Monday officially upgraded their relations to a “comprehensive strategic partnership” during a visit by Vietnamese president Vo Van Thuong to Tokyo. The move underlined Vietnam’s increasingly strategic role as an important link in global supply chains amid trade tension between China and the West, which is helping to …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s army said on Monday that an Afghan national carried out a suicide bombing on a military convoy, killing two people, in the latest in a string of attacks that Islamabad says is why it is expelling Afghans. A suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into the convoy on Sunday …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Northeast China, which borders Russia and North Korea, was hit by unusually cold weather on Monday, with sub-freezing temperatures in some cities expected to further plummet to levels seen more typically in January. Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, will brace for temperatures as low as minus 25 Celsius (minus 13 Fahrenheit) on …
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By Ruma Paul and Sudipto Ganguly DHAKA (Reuters) – An increasing number of Rohingya people are leaving refugee camps in Bangladesh with their children, taking to boats in search of a better life as hopes fade of returning to Myanmar or being resettled, and camp life gets tougher, aid groups say. Nearly one million members …
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By Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai Muslim group that spoke directly with Hamas said its efforts were key to ensuring that Thai hostages were among the first to be released in Gaza during a temporary truce with Israeli forces. “We were the sole party that spoke to Hamas since the beginning of the …
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By Bernard Orr BEIJING (Reuters) – More than three million people took China’s annual civil service exam on the weekend, state media reported on Monday, a record number that underscores young people’s concerns about getting a secure job in a rocky economy. With stubbornly high youth employment in the world’s second-largest economy, the prospect of …
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BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Beijing is fretting that a split in Taiwan’s opposition could pave the way for the island’s ruling party – which the Chinese government despises – to stay in power, as China took centre stage in election campaigning over the weekend. China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, looms large over the …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s health ministry on Sunday urged local authorities to increase the number of fever clinics as the country grapples with a surge in respiratory illnesses in its first full winter since easing COVID-19 restrictions. The spike become a global issue last week when the World Health Organization asked China for more information, …
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By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam is finalising reform commitments with G7 governments and multilateral lenders that could unlock billions of dollars in loans to reduce coal use in the Southeast Asian manufacturing hub, according to foreign officials familiar with the talks. The document, known as Resource Mobilisation Plan, has to be agreed with …
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