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EU climate chief hopeful for deal on green package today
Luxembourg (Reuters) - European Commission climate chief Frans Timmermans said on Tuesday that an agreement on the EU's package of more ambitious climate laws is within reach at a meeting of environme...
Jun 28, 2022
Shanghai’s Disneyland theme park to re-open on Thursday
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Walt Disney Co's Shanghai Disney Resort said on Tuesday it would reopen the Disneyland theme park on June 30, a month after the Chinese economic hub lifted a two month-long COV...
Jun 28, 2022
China cuts COVID quarantine time for international travellers
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will halve to seven days its COVID-19 quarantine period for visitors from overseas, with a further three days spent at home, health authorities said on Tuesday. The change ca...
Jun 28, 2022
Cash-starved Sri Lanka to end fuel duopoly to ease fuel shortages
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka will allow companies from oil-producing countries to import and sell fuel, the power and energy minister said on Tuesday, ending a duopoly as it tries...
Jun 28, 2022
Indonesia bar chain shut after blasphemy charges over drinks promotion
By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities stripped a bar and restaurant chain in the capital, Jakarta, of its operating permit after police charged six employees wit...
Jun 28, 2022
Sweden’s Kurds fear they may pay price for NATO bid as Turkey fumes
By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Kurds in Sweden's large diaspora are worried they will become a pawn in the negotiations over Stockholm's ambition to join NATO if the West makes concessions to ...
Jun 28, 2022
Philippines Supreme Court rejects petitions against Marcos – media
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected petitions that sought the disqualification of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos from last month's election, ABS-CBN news and DQIZ med...
Jun 28, 2022
Northern Ireland post-Brexit ‘protocol’ hurting some, a boon others
By Amanda Ferguson and Clodagh Kilcoyne BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - Irwin Armstrong, a former chair of Boris Johnson's Conservative Party in Northern Ireland, has a simple message for the ...
Jun 28, 2022
Quotes – As Hong Kong marks 25 years since handover, people discuss highs and lows
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong has weathered financial crises, mass demonstrations and COVID-19. As the city prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of its handover to Chinese rule, Reuters spoke to fi...
Jun 28, 2022
Fight over funding threatens EU deal on new climate laws
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A dispute over how to shield low-income citizens from European Union policies to put a price on pollution is threatening to prevent the bloc's countries from agreei...
Jun 27, 2022
