By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – Dengue is spreading rapidly through densely populated Bangladesh this rainy season, raising fears that the mosquito-borne disease could result in a record number of deaths and infections for the second consecutive year. At least 201 people, more than half of them in the capital Dhaka, have died and more …
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By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s parliament on Wednesday authorised a no-confidence vote against Narendra Modi’s government by an alliance of opposition parties, to force the prime minister to address in detail concerns about ethnic clashes in a northeastern state. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has a clear majority of 301 members in the …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Hong Kong has strengthened inspections of vegetable imports from Japan, expanding the scope of tightened controls beyond seafood after Tokyo confirmed plans to release treated radioactive water from Fukushima, Jiji news agency reported on Wednesday. Hong Kong had said it would ban seafood products from a large number of Japanese prefectures if Tokyo …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected former prime minister Imran Khan’s plea that his trial on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts be halted on concerns over the merits of the trial and that the judge hearing it was biased. Legal experts say a possible conviction in the case …
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(Reuters) – Cambodia’s long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Wednesday he will hand over power to his son Hun Manet, ending a near four-decade reign in the Southeast Asian country increasingly criticised as autocratic. The announcement came just days after Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) swept a general election after running virtually …
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MANILA (Reuters) – Strong winds and rain lashed the northern Philippines as Typhoon Doksuri made landfall on Wednesday, causing rivers to overflow and leaving thousands without power. Residents in coastal communities had been evacuated ahead of the storm, which brought winds of up to 175 kilometres per hour (108 miles per hour) and is expected …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – The artistic director of Moscow’s state-owned Bolshoi Ballet has vowed that his company will eventually perform in the West again, having been subject to a cultural boycott since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The storied ballet company performed at Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts on Tuesday in its first international tour …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s press and publication administration said on Wednesday that 88 domestic online games have been approved for July. (Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Edmund Klamann)
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United States Coast Guard is in talks with Pacific Island countries to expand its maritime law enforcement role by allowing U.S. officers to board and search vessels suspected of illegal activity within their economic zones, officials said. The push to expand the role of U.S. Coast Guard across …
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(Reuters) – China pledged to step up stimulus measures as the economy faces what it described as “new” difficulties and a “tortuous” recovery, following a meeting of the powerful politburo of the ruling Communist Party this week. Below are the key takeaways from the official readout of the meeting on the direction China’s economic policy …
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