By Meg Shen and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -There is no reason to change Hong Kong’s “one country, two systems” formula of governance, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on a rare visit to the global financial hub after swearing in the city’s new leader, John Lee, on Friday. Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese …
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By Max Hunder and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Russia rained missiles down near Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa on Friday, hitting an apartment building and a resort and killing at least 18 people, hours after its troops were driven off the nearby outcrop of Snake Island. Ukrainian firefighters were combing the rubble of a …
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By Charlotte Greenfield and Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) -The reclusive supreme leader of the Afghan Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada, joined religious leaders from around the country in Kabul on Friday at a meeting with a focus on national unity, congratulating them on the Islamists’ takeover of Afghanistan. Taliban spokesmen confirmed that the leader, who is …
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(Reuters) – Russia said on Friday it was ending all restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19, including the requirement to wear masks, citing a steady decline in deaths from the virus. However, it did not rule out re-introducing restrictive measures if the situation deteriorates. Consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said it was “suspending previously introduced restrictions, …
By Alexandra Valencia (Reuters) -Ecuador’s government and indigenous groups’ leaders on Thursday reached an agreement to end more than two weeks of protests against the social and economic policies of President Guillermo Lasso which left at least eight dead, indigenous leaders said. Protests organized by indigenous organization CONAIE erupted across Ecuador on June 13, with …
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By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will not require companies to submit clinical trial data on COVID-19 vaccines modified to protect against the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants in order to authorize those shots, a top FDA official said on Thursday. Dr. Peter Marks, head of the agency’s …
By Max Hunder and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday in a victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia’s blockade on Ukrainian ports. Russia said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop off Ukraine’s southwestern coast as a “gesture of …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday said he was right to compare a prominent Mexican Jewish figure to Adolf Hitler for his political mindset, shrugging off a protest from the country’s Jewish community. Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said advertising executive and political analyst Carlos Alazraki, a critic of the …
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Seven protesters were shot dead in Sudan on Thursday, medics said, as large crowds took to the streets despite heavy security and a communications blackout to rally against the military leadership that seized power eight months ago. In central Khartoum, security forces fired tear gas and water cannon in the afternoon as they …
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By Catarina Demony and Helen Reid LISBON (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday a legal framework was needed to stop deep-sea mining from going ahead and urged countries to put their money on science to better understand and protect the world’s oceans. There is growing international interest in deep-sea mining but there …
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