By Trevor Hunnicutt, David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House officials are gearing up for a virtual meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping they hope will show the world Washington can responsibl…
Boston Celtics’ Kanter sparks backlash in China after comments on Tibet, Xi
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Boston Celtics highlights were absent from China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd sports platform after their backup center Enes Kanter criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping and China’s treatment of Tibet. Kanter, who has a …
U.S. China ambassador nominee Burns takes tough line on dealings with Beijing
By Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, took a tough line on dealings with China at his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, saying “genocide in X…
Analysis-Lack of vaccination passport, testing threaten Japan’s reopening
By Elaine Lies and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s lack of a vaccination passport and limited testing capacity is threatening ambitions to reopen the economy at a crucial year-end period when restaurants earn up to a half of their annual revenue …
Olympics-Protest disrupts Beijing Games torch-lighting ceremony
By Karolos Grohmann ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) – Human rights activists unfurled a banner reading “No Genocide Games”, waved a Tibetan flag and called for a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics during the torch-lighting ceremony on Monday…
Bitcoin tops $60,000, nears record high, on growing U.S. ETF hopes
By Tom Wilson and Alun John LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Bitcoin hit $60,000 for the first time in six months on Friday, nearing its all-time high, as hopes grew that U.S. regulators would allow a futures-based exchange-traded fund (ETF), a move likely …
U.N deal offers no guarantees of free movement for Rohingya on island – leaked agreement
By Poppy McPherson and Ruma Paul (Reuters) -A deal for the United Nations to start work on a remote Bangladeshi island where the government has sent thousands of Rohingya refugees offers no guarantee they will be allowed to move freely to the mainland,…
Athletics-Kenyan police arrest husband of dead Tirop
By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police said on Thursday they had arrested the husband of distance runner Agnes Tirop, a two-times World Championship bronze medallist who was found dead at her home. Police said on Wednesday that Tirop appea…
U.S. House expected to pass bill to hike debt ceiling, avert default
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is expected on Tuesday to give final approval to a Senate-passed bill temporarily raising the government’s borrowing limit to $28.9 trillion, putting off th…
William Shatner’s Blue Origin launch into space delayed due to weather
Shatner, best known for playing Captain Kirk in Star Trek, will be part of a four-person crew aboard the suborbital NS-18 missionThe Star Trek actor William Shatner must wait another day to boldly go into space for real, after the Amazon founder Jeff B…