BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the “road to the San Francisco summit will not be a smooth one”, the foreign ministry said on Sunday, in a reference to an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden. Wang met Biden and his top aides in Washington in recent days, …
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DHAKA (Reuters) -One police officer was killed in Bangladesh on Saturday and over 100 people injured during an opposition party protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and calling for a free and fair vote under a caretaker government. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as clashes erupted when tens of thousands …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -An estimated 180,000 people marched through Taipei on Saturday in a riotous and noisy celebration of LGBTQ+ equality and diversity at east Asia’s largest Pride march, with Vice President Lai Ching-te becoming the most senior government leader ever to attend. The event took place ahead of Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary elections in January, …
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By Hyonhee Shin and Daewoung Kim INJE, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean and U.S. troops held joint future combat drills involving drones, an unmanned vehicle and wearable laser sensors this week as part of efforts to modernise their militaries, Seoul’s army said on Saturday. The training came as South Korea’s military conducts a series …
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By Humeyra Pamuk and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. and China have agreed to work together toward an expected summit between presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping next month, U.S. officials said on Friday, following hours of meetings between Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and senior U.S. diplomats in Washington. In the first visit …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Tang Dengjie has been appointed secretary of the ruling Communist Party in China’s northern Shanxi province on Saturday, according to state news agency Xinhua. With this appointment, Tang, who most recently served as China’s minister of civil affairs, now holds the top political post in a major coal-producing province. (Reporting by Eduardo …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Saturday it was the “steadfast will” of Pyongyang to expand ties with Russia, criticising a recent condemnation by the United States and its allies on Pyongyang’s suspected arms deliveries to Russia as politicised and distorted. North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui denounced military cooperation between the U.S., …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese epidemiologist Wu Zunyou, a well-known expert in his field, died on Friday of pancreatic cancer, the government-backed National Business Daily reported, citing sources from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Wu was chief epidemiologist at the CDC and an adjunct professor of Epidemiology at the University of California, Los …
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By Laurie Chen and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese former Premier Li Keqiang died of a heart attack on Friday, barely seven months after retiring from a decade in office during which his reformist star had dimmed. He was 68. Once viewed as a top Communist Party leadership contender, Li was sidelined in …
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(Reuters) – Myanmar’s ruling military on Friday said it was seeking to restore order near the border with China after an alliance of ethnic minority armies launched a series of surprise coordinated attacks on junta targets. The unrest took place in northern Shan state after the “three brotherhood alliance”, a united front of ethnic minority …
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