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Shanghai economy improves fitfully as end of COVID lockdown nears
By David Stanway and Roxanne Liu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Shanghai took further gradual steps on Friday toward lifting its COVID-19 lockdown while Beijing was investigating cases where its strict ...
May 27, 2022
Officials from U.S., Japan, South Korea to meet, discuss North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) - Officials from the United States, Japan and South Korea will meet in Seoul on June 3 for talks on North Korea, which is believed to be preparing a new nuclear test and this week laun...
May 27, 2022
Japan to restart idled nuclear power plants, no plans to replace, says PM
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will take firm steps to restart idled nuclear power plants to make maximum use of nuclear power to stabilise energy prices and supply, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Frid...
May 27, 2022
Hong Kong seeks to revive global banking status with major summit
By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's central bank plans to hold a major conference in November it hopes will draw global banking bosses, sources said, as the financial hub seeks to welco...
May 26, 2022
‘Protect the truth’: A Marcos return in Philippines triggers fear for history
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Books about the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his brutal era of martial law are flying off the shelves, spurred by "panic buying" after his son and nam...
May 26, 2022
Australia warns against Pacific security pact as China says interference will fail
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong warned on a visit to Fiji on Friday that there were regional consequences to the Solomon Islands' security pact with China, after her Chinese...
May 26, 2022
Analysis-Security Council split spells end of an era for U.S.-led sanctions on N.Korea
By Josh Smith (Reuters) - A decision by China and Russia to veto new United Nations sanctions on North Korea pushed by the United States shattered any veneer of global cooperation, straining efforts t...
May 26, 2022
Injured South Korean fighter back from Ukraine faces investigation
By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean volunteer fighter returned home from Ukraine on Friday saying he had to recover from injuries and was ready to face a police investigation on suspicion of...
May 26, 2022
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes off Lospalos, East Timor – EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck near the coast of Lospalos in East Timor on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6....
May 26, 2022
White House welcomes Fiji to its Indo-Pacific economic plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fiji is joining U.S. President Joe Biden's Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), the White House said on Thursday, making it the first Pacific Island country in the plan that ...
May 26, 2022
