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China boosts coal output, eases Australia ban to bolster energy security

By Muyu Xu SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The increasing need to secure energy supplies after easing COVID-19 restrictions has pushed China to gradually resume Australian coal imports and urge domestic miners to boost their already record output. The lifting of the unofficial ban on Australian coal imports, which were halted in 2020 in a fit of Chinese …

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Britain says Iran’s execution of two protesters is “abhorrent”

LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister James Cleverly on Saturday condemned Iran’s execution of two protesters and urged it to “immediately end the violence against its own people”. “The execution of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini by the Iranian regime is abhorrent,” Cleverly said on Twitter. “The UK is strongly opposed to the …

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China says talks to include Paxlovid in its health insurance drug list fail

BEIJING (Reuters) -China will not include Pfizer Inc’s Paxlovid in an update to its list of medicines covered by basic medical insurance schemes as the U.S. firm quoted a high price for the COVID-19 drug, China’s Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) said on Sunday. The COVID-19 antiviral drug is currently covered by the country’s broad healthcare …

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No sign of casualties at site of strikes Russia says killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers

By Vladyslav Smilianets KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian rocket strike on the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk caused damage but did not destroy buildings and there were no obvious signs of casualties, a Reuters witness said on Sunday, after Russia said the attack killed 600 Ukrainian soldiers. Reuters reporters visited the two college dormitories Russia’s defence …

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Russia’s war on Ukraine latest: Russia claims mass casualties in rocket strike on Ukraine soldiers

(Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday it had had killed more than 600 Ukrainian servicemen in a massive rocket strike on buildings in eastern Ukraine temporarily housing Ukrainian forces, a claim Reuters was not able to immediately verify. FIGHTING * The ministry said the alleged strike in the city of Kramatorsk was revenge …

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‘Once in a century’ flood cuts off communities in northwestern Australia

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Military helicopters airlifted hundreds of people from communities cut off by “once in a century” floods in Australia’s northwest, an official leading relief efforts said on Sunday, noting water covered some places “as far as the eye could see”. The crisis in the Kimberley – an sparsely populated area in Western Australia state …

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U.S., Mexican immigration officials to meet ahead of Biden visit

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – U.S. and Mexican immigration officials are set to meet in El Paso Saturday, the day before U.S. President Joe Biden’s first visit to the border since taking office, Mexico’s immigration institute said Friday. The meeting between Mexican immigration head Francisco Garduno and Border Patrol officials in the Texas border city will …

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