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Sri Lanka making good progress in debt restructuring talks, president says

25 May 2023 25 May 2023

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Crisis-stricken Sri Lanka should be able to conclude newly launched debt restructuring talks by September, or November at the latest, its president said on Thursday, adding that the negotiations had made “remarkable” progress. Sri Lanka secured a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund in March and has previously …

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Vietnam jails noodle vendor who mocked minister’s lavish dining

25 May 2023 25 May 2023

HANOI (Reuters) – A noodle vendor in Vietnam famous for imitating celebrity chef “Salt Bae” to allegedly mock a top government official was sentenced to five and a half years in prison on Thursday, police said, after a court found him guilty of anti-state propaganda. The conviction is the latest in what rights groups say …

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PwC to remove staff involved in Australia tax leak scandal from govt work

25 May 2023 25 May 2023

By Lewis Jackson and Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has agreed to remove staff with links to the leak and use of confidential Australian tax plans from government work, a senior government official told an inquiry on Thursday. The accounting firm is embroiled in a national scandal over its use of confidential information about …

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Massive blaze engulfs building in central Sydney

25 May 2023 25 May 2023

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Firefighters are battling a massive blaze in a large multi-storey building in central Sydney as emergency services cordoned off the area. Television footage showed firefighters trying to put out the fire in a building close to Sydney’s central railway station. A car parked nearby was also in flames. “Terrible fire in Surry Hills …

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US State Department’s top China policy official to step down

25 May 2023 25 May 2023

By Michael Martina and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department’s top China policy official Rick Waters is set to step down at a time of fraught relations between Washington and Beijing. Waters, deputy assistant secretary of State for China and Taiwan who leads the department’s recently created China House policy division, will leave …

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US House China panel recommends Congress take action over Taiwan, Uyghurs

24 May 2023 24 May 2023

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A new U.S. congressional committee on China approved reports on Wednesday pushing back on Beijing over its treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities and seeking to deter the initiation of a conflict with Taiwan, hoping some of its recommendations become law this year. Members of the Republican-led House of …

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Key aide of Pakistan’s Imran Khan resigns amidst standoff with army

24 May 2023 24 May 2023

By Asif Shahzad and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -A key aide of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday he was quitting politics, dealing a further blow to the embattled ex-premier’s party as a standoff with the military intensified. Former Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry’s resignation is the latest – and highest profile …

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Key aid group says Taliban signals exemption for women in southern heartland

24 May 2023 24 May 2023

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -An international aid agency in Afghanistan hopes to have an interim arrangement within days to allow its Afghan female staff to return to work in the southern province of Kandahar – the birthplace of the Taliban and home to the supreme spiritual leader. Norwegian Refugee Council Secretary General Jan …

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Bangladeshis who undermine elections may be restricted from US -Blinken

24 May 2023 24 May 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that the United States was implementing a new policy allowing for the restriction of visas to Bangladeshis who undermine the democratic election process in their country. “This includes current and former Bangladeshi officials, members of pro-government and opposition political parties, and members of law …

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Four killed in suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan -statement

24 May 2023 24 May 2023

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Four people including two soldiers and a policemen were killed in a suicide bombing in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, the army said in a statement. (Writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; editing by Mark Heinrich)