By Aaron Sheldrick, Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s worst bird flu outbreak has spread to new farms and now affects more than 20% of the country’s pre-47 prefectures, officials have ordered clearing after more poultry deaths. File photo: Officers in protective uniforms work on a chicken farm, where an …
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By Aaron Sheldrick, Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s worst bird flu outbreak has spread to new farms and now affects more than 20% of the country’s pre-47 prefectures, officials have ordered clearing after more poultry deaths. File photo: Officers in protective uniforms work on a chicken farm, where an …
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By Alexandra Alper, Humera Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday fired China’s top chipmaker, SMIC. And oil giant CNOC. Added to the alleged blacklist of Chinese military companies, with President-elect Joe Biden likely to escalate tensions with Beijing before taking office. The Department of Defense appointed a …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Marco Rubio, who urged the Trump administration to step up its investigation into Chinese companies, on Friday called on the US government to consider options to delay China’s Ant Group’s initial public offering, which is China’s ultimate brick-commerce giant. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) to Secretary of …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny told a German magazine that he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind his suspected poisoning, but said he was not afraid and would return to Russia to launch a campaign. Naval was brought to Berlin from Russia in August after falling ill …
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