BEIJING (Reuters) – An official from China’s immigration bureau said 1.35 million have people applied for passports and Hong Kong and Macau visas since Jan. 8, the date the country opened its borders after three years. “The number of applications for entry and exit documents will continue to increase steadily in the near future. The …
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s central bank is likely to at least maintain current liquidity in the banking system on Monday through its management of medium-term policy loans, while keeping borrowing costs unchanged for a fifth straight month, a Reuters survey showed. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) would be keeping an eye on routinely high …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – A foreign woman has been critically injured in an avalanche at Mount Yotei near a popular ski resort on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, local media reported on Friday. The woman, who was at site with about 10 other people, is not showing any vital signs, broadcaster NHK reported, citing a person …
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ASTANA (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s parliament on Friday repealed a law that gave former president Nursultan Nazarbayev’s immediate family immunity from prosecution, and took away his status as a leader of the nation. Nazarbayev, 82, ran the oil-rich Central Asian nation between 1989-2019, and created a personality cult during his three decades at the helm. He …
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MELBOURNE, 13 ene (Reuters) – Iga Swiatek es la gran favorita para hacerse con su cuarto título de Grand Slam en el Abierto de Australia, pero el panorama es bastante menos claro si la número uno del mundo no logra hacer honor a su condición de cabeza de serie. Ahora que Ash Barty y Serena …
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Por Shrivathsa Sridhar MELBOURNE, 13 ene (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic reanuda su carrera por el título de Grand Slam con Rafa Nadal la próxima semana en el Abierto de Australia, volviendo al que fue su coto de caza más feliz antes de la fea polémica que provocó su ausencia el año pasado. Tras llegar a …
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(Reuters) – Russland schließt eine Beteiligung von Belarus am Krieg in der Ukraine nicht aus. Voraussetzung sei ein Angriff der ukrainischen Armee auf das Nachbarland, erklärte der Vertreter des Außenministeriums in Moskau, Alexej Polischtschuk, am Freitag. Damit werden Sorgen der Regierung in Kiew befeuert, Russland plane mit Unterstützung des belarussischen Militärs die Eröffnung einer neuen …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia will limit construction of nickel smelters to ensure new plants produce high-value products and follow green principles in the production process, state news agency Antara reported on Friday, citing the country’s investment minister. Noting many existing smelters already produce nickel pig iron or ferronickel, Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said Indonesia needed to …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – About 490,000 entry and exit trips were made to and from China daily between Jan. 8-12 after the country reopened its borders, an official from the country’s immigration bureau told a news briefing on Friday. This is up 48.9% from the period before China’s COVID policy easing but is only 26.2% of …
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By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish consumer prices rose more than expected in December, hitting double digits and a fresh 30-year high in an outcome that raises pressure on the central bank to keep cranking up interest rates after four hikes last year. Consumer prices, measured with a fixed interest rate, rose 1.9 percent …
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