(Reuters) – Germany on Thursday passed its long-awaited China strategy after months of wrangling within Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way coalition over how much to toughen Berlin’s stance. Following are highlights of the paper and statements by German leaders. GERMANY’S ASSESSMENT OF CHINA * China is trying to create economic and technological dependencies in order to…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s nuclear chief on Thursday pushed back against Ukrainian assertions that Moscow had plotted to blow up a nuclear power station it controls, saying no evidence supported the claim and that only “a complete idiot” would do such a reckless thing. Kyiv has repeatedly said that Russian forces planned to blow up…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Alibaba’s Ele.me on Thursday became China’s first delivery platform to sign collective contracts on wages and labour safety with its staff, official media reported, as Beijing signals an end to its crackdown on the tech sector. The contracts will apply to 3 million workers on the platform across 11,000 delivery stations in…
GENEVA (Reuters) – It is possible to end AIDS by 2030 if countries demonstrate the political will to invest in prevention and treatment and adopt non-discriminatory laws, the United Nations said on Thursday. In 2022, an estimated 39 million people around the world were living with HIV, according to UNAIDS, the United Nations AIDS program….
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum holds a 10 percentage point lead in voter preferences in the contest to be the Mexican ruling party candidate for the 2024 presidential election, an opinion poll showed on Thursday. According to the June 30-July 4 survey by polling firm Parametria, the ruling National Regeneration…
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) – In the 60 days since a stunning election victory, the leader of Thailand’s Move Forward party forged and managed a coalition, cajoled the royalist military establishment and rallied his troops with a single goal – to become prime minister. On Thursday, 42-year-old Pita Limjaroenrat failed in…
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Pita Limjaroenrat failed on Thursday in his initial bid to become Thailand’s next prime minister, after he was thwarted in a high-stakes parliamentary vote that included a host of no-shows and nearly 200 abstentions. The leader of election winners Move Forward was unopposed in the…
By Yury Garcia and Alexandra Valencia GUAYAQUIL/QUITO (Reuters) – Violence is rising sharply in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, as criminal groups brawl to control transport of drugs despite increased seizures, security forces and residents say, highlighting broader public fears about spiraling crime ahead of presidential elections next month. The murders, gun battles and even cases…
GENEVA (Reuters) – A group of United Nations investigators and experts called on Ethiopia on Thursday to halt the deportation of Eritreans, as well as the arbitrary detention of Eritrean refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. The group, who make reports on rights issues on behalf of the U.N., also condemned what they called the “summary…
By Laurie Chen, Yew Lun Tian and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Some diplomats in China say they are facing heightened scrutiny and interference from Chinese authorities, which is thwarting foreign officials’ efforts to re-engage with the country after three years of COVID-induced isolation. Twenty envoys from 12 Western and Asian delegations told Reuters that…
