By Yew Lun Tian and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on Wednesday via video link with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who is on a visit that has drawn criticism from rights groups and which the United States has called a mistake. While Bachelet’s six-day trip will …
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By Hyonhee Shin and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired three missiles, including one thought to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, after U.S. President Joe Biden ended an Asia trip in which he agreed to new measures to deter the nuclear-armed state. South Korea’s deputy national security advisor, Kim Tae-hyo, said …
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By Ryan Woo and Roxanne Liu BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s COVID-hit capital Beijing further tightened its dragnet on the virus with zero community transmission the target, punishing workplaces that flout rules or circumvent curbs and imploring residents to police their own movements. Since late April, the city of 22 million has wrestled with dozens of new …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Wednesday said he was “heartbroken” by the shooting at a school in Texas that killed at least 19 children and two teachers, calling for greater controls on weapons. The crowed in St. Peter’s Square for his weekly general audience applauded his appeal, made a day after worst school shooting …
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(Reuters) – U.S. sportswear maker Nike has not renewed agreements with its largest franchisee in Russia, the Vedomosti daily reported on Wednesday, marking the latest exit by a major U.S. brand since Russian forces entered Ukraine. Nike said on March 3 it would temporarily suspend operations at all its Nike-owned and -operated stores in Russia …
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DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday offered his condolences to the relatives of the victims of the Texas school shooting, the worst school massacre in the United States for nearly a decade. “I would like to express my condolences to all of the relatives and family members of the children who …
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By Jennifer Rigby and Mrinalika Roy GENEVA (Reuters) -The outbreak of monkeypox cases outside of Africa can be contained, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as more governments said they would launch limited vaccinations to combat rising infections of the virus. The moves came as authorities investigated 237 suspected and confirmed cases of the …
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By Nobuhiro Kubo, Hyonhee Shin and Michael Martina TOKYO/SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russian and Chinese bombers flew joint patrols near Japanese and South Korea air defense zones on Tuesday in a pointed farewell to U.S. President Joe Biden as he concluded a trip to Asia that rankled Beijing. The patrols came hours after Biden angered China by …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese held his first meeting as leader with U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday, prompting Biden to jokingly stage a mock walk-out as the Labor Party leader recalled his first visit to Washington. In a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Quad summit in Tokyo, Biden expressed …
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By Byron Kaye and Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -New Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rebuked China on Tuesday for imposing hefty tariffs on Australian exports two years ago, in remarks made while attending a regional security conference in Tokyo a day after being sworn in. Albanese confirmed that he had received a letter of congratulations from …
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