BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping met Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Monday, Chinese state media reported, a day after the Cuban leader signed cooperation documents with Xi’s deputy at a trade fair. Marrero comes to China as Cuba’s economy, which is heavily dependent on food, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China will do its utmost to restore peace in the Palestinian territories as it takes over the presidency of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC), its foreign ministry said on Monday, as tensions intensify in the Middle East. “China will do its utmost to encourage the Security Council to fulfil its responsibilities, play …
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By Martin Coulter and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak championed a series of landmark agreements after hosting the first artificial intelligence (AI) safety summit but a global plan for overseeing the technology remains a long way off. Over two days of talks between world leaders, business executives and researchers, tech CEOs …
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By Jessie Pang and Dorothy Kam (Reuters) – The Gay Games Hong Kong (GGHK) kicked off on Saturday, its first time in Asia, despite opposition from anti-LGBTQ lawmakers and human rights activists. The opening ceremony began with a march-in by the GGHK, Federation of Gay Games, and delegations from around the world, followed by performances …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Myanmar should cooperate with China to maintain stability on their common border, a Chinese official said on Monday, after a surge of fighting in Myanmar between junta forces and insurgents rocked the region. Last week, Myanmar’s ruling military said it was trying to restore order near the border after an alliance of ethnic …
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By Navesh Chitrakar and Yubaraj Sharma CHIURI, Nepal (Reuters) -Sobbing relatives of victims from Nepal’s worst earthquake in eight years cremated their loved ones on Sunday as rescuers looked for people who could still be trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. Surrounding about 10 bodies shrouded in white cloth in a tarpaulin tent, relatives …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Nearly two-thirds of Japanese are not impressed with the government’s new economic stimulus measures as support for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida slipped to its lowest yet, a Kyodo news poll found on Sunday. The telephone survey found 62.5% of respondents did not highly rate the 17 trillion yen ($110 billion) package, announced …
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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Sunday strongly condemned the killing of a Filipino journalist and ordered the police to conduct an investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice. The journalist, Juan Jumalon, also known as “DJ Johnny Walker”, was shot by unidentified assailants while broadcasting from his home in a southern …
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By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said he will hand leadership of the ruling People’s Action Party to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as soon as the party’s 70th anniversary in November 2024, a year before an election is due. The party is widely expected to extend its …
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By Charlotte Greenfield (Reuters) – Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, previously the world’s top supplier, has plummeted since the Taliban administration banned the cultivation of narcotics last year, a United Nations report said on Sunday. The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said opium cultivation fell throughout the country to just 10,800 hectares (26,700 …
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