BEIJING, Sept 11( Reuters)-The Red Cross Society of China will give the Moroccan Red Crescent$ 200, 000 for emergency humanitarian assistance, Chinese state media reported on Monday, after a deadly earthquake struck the North African country late on Friday. The Chinese Red Cross said the donation will be used to help Morocco carry out rescue and disaster relief work, according to the China Daily. Chinese President Xi Jinping has extended condolences to Moroccan King Mohammed VI, saying in his me

TAIPEI, Aug 25( Reuters)-Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will visit Eswatini, the island's last African ally, early next month, the government said on Friday, looking to shore up ties at a time China is whittling away at the small number of countries still sticking by Taipei. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory with no right to state-to-state relations, now has formal ties with only 13 countries, almost all small, less developed nations in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific,

By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadFILE PHOTO: Tunisia's President Kais Saied gives a statement on the coronavirus disease( COVID-19) vaccination, during a European Union-African Union summit, in Brussels, Belgium February 18, 2022.... REUTERS/ Johanna Geron/ Pool( Reuters)-Tunisia’s parliamentary elections won’t be held within the next three months, President Kais Saied said late on Thursday during a meeting with Prime Minister Najla Bouden, according to a Facebook post by the president’s office. Saied

By Hyonhee Shin4 Min ReadSEOUL( Reuters)-South and North Korea have restored hotlines that Pyongyang severed a year ago when ties deteriorated sharply, and the two countries’ leaders are renewing efforts to rebuild relations, Seoul’s presidential office said on Tuesday. The decision on the hotlines was made by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who have exchanged multiple letters since April when they marked the third anniversary of their first summit, said Mo

By Reuters Staff4 Min ReadBEIJING( Reuters)-China will mark the centenary of the founding of its ruling Communist Party on Thursday with pomp, spectacle, and what state media described as an “ important ” speech by President Xi Jinping in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Customers look at books at a booth marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party of China, inside a bookstore in Beijing, China June 21, 2021.... Picture taken June 21, 2021.... 2 official, John Lee,

By Charlotte Greenfield5 Min ReadISLAMABAD( Reuters)-As international donors gather in Geneva on Monday to discuss humanitarian relief for Afghanistan under Taliban rule, neighbours China and Pakistan have already reached out with aid and discussions of future assistance. FILE PHOTO: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, political chief of Afghanistan's Taliban, in Tianjin, China July 28, 2021.... Li Ran/ Xinhua via REUTERS The economy in th

Ukraine and its Western allies call this a pretext for unprovoked invasion. Ukraine has described previous negotiations, some of which have taken place in Russian ally Belarus, as “ very difficult ”.... He originally said three people had been killed in clashes. The United Nations has confirmed 1, 119 civilian deaths and 1, 790 injuries across Ukraine but says the real toll is likely to be higher.... Ukraine said on Sunday 139 children had been killed and more than 205 wounded so far in the co