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China’s top paper says Syria ‘safe zone’ would not work

August 22, 2019 at 5:32 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top newspaper said on Monday that a Turkish proposal for a Syrian "safe zone" under foreign protection for civilians fleeing intensifying violence there would not help...

North Korea may be facing new food crisis: aid worker

August 23, 2021 at 1:10 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea could be heading towards a crisis similar to the 1990s when a million people are thought to have died after a series of natural disasters...

North Korea may be facing new food crisis: aid worker

December 24, 2018 at 2:01 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea could be heading towards a crisis similar to the 1990s when a million people are thought to have died after a series of natural disasters...

Teens set themselves on fire, take Tibet burnings over 50: group

August 22, 2019 at 5:28 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - The number of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire in protest at Chinese rule of their homeland has topped 50 after two teenagers burned to death...

China again presses Syria over talks, reform

August 23, 2021 at 12:27 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign minister on Thursday repeated Beijing's call for the Syrian government to talk with the opposition and take steps to meet the people's demand for change,...

China again presses Syria over talks, reform

December 24, 2018 at 12:43 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign minister on Thursday repeated Beijing's call for the Syrian government to talk with the opposition and take steps to meet the people's demand for change,...

North Korea famine not imminent but flood impact not yet clear: U.N.

August 23, 2021 at 12:00 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Impoverished North Korea is a long way from famine levels that killed hundreds of thousands in the 1990s but it won't be until late next month that...

North Korea famine not imminent but flood impact not yet clear: U.N.

December 24, 2018 at 11:55 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Impoverished North Korea is a long way from famine levels that killed hundreds of thousands in the 1990s but it won't be until late next month that...

Exclusive: China’s president eyes ally for promotion to top body – sources

December 24, 2018 at 11:47 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao is maneuvering to promote one of his closest allies to the Communist Party's inner sanctum, two independent sources said, in a bid to...

China calls in U.S. diplomat over South China Sea

August 23, 2021 at 11:50 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry has called in a senior U.S. diplomat to protest against remarks by the U.S. State Department raising concerns over tensions in the contested South...

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