Published by Reuters By David Brunnstrom, Andrea Shalal and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan plans to meet China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Rome on Monday and will stress the economic penalties Beijing will face if it helps Russia in its war in Ukraine, U.S. officials say. Sullivan will […]
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Published by Reuters UK (Reuters) – Diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine are stepping up, with Ukrainian and Russian negotiators set to talk again after both sides cited progress over the weekend, while high-level U.S. officials are talking to European and Chinese counterparts. There’s been no let up in violence, however, with Russian
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Published by Reuters By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine were stepping up on Monday, with Ukrainian and Russian negotiators set to talk again after both sides cited progress, even after Russia attacked a base near the Polish border and fighting raged elsewhere. A
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Published by Reuters By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – The South Korean government believes North Korea could test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as soon as this week, local media reported, citing unnamed sources. Tensions on the Korean peninsula have been rising amid growing signs that Pyongyang could soon follow through on its threats to
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Published by Reuters HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday there were no current plans to further tighten strict social distancing measures as authorities battle to contain a deepening coronavirus outbreak which has submerged its health system and seen deaths soar. Lam said there was limited room to tighten further,
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Published by Reuters By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan on Saturday demanded a joint probe into a missile India said it accidentally fired into its territory, rejecting New Delhi’s decision to hold an internal inquiry into the incident and calling on the international community to play a role. “Such a serious matter cannot be
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Published by DPA NATO expects the fighting and the humanitarian emergency in Ukraine to further intensify some two weeks after the start of the Russian invasion on February 24. “We see with horror the rising numbers of civilian casualties and the senseless destruction by Russian forces. The people of Ukraine are resisting with courage and
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Published by DPA Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has threatened possible collaborators and supporters of Russia in Ukraine. Those who are tempted by offers from the Russian occupiers were signing their own verdict, he said in a video message. “The verdict is to follow more than 12,000 occupiers who could not understand in time why Ukraine
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Published by The Bangkok Post Hong Kong funeral homes ‘fully booked until mid-April’ amid rising Covid death toll HONG KONG: Funeral homes are fully booked until mid-April amid Hong Kong’s rising Covid-19 death toll, with the suspension of simple farewell ceremonies at hospitals and the long processing time of death documents worsening the bottleneck, according
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Published by Reuters UK By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian forces launched a missile attack on a large Ukrainian military facility near the Polish border on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, in what appeared to be the westernmost attack of the war. “The occupiers launched an air strike on the International
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