By Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – From the back of open-top trucks and cars, candidates of Thailand’s political parties drove through Bangkok on Saturday, as a months-long campaign that could usher in a new government for the first time in nearly a decade drew to a close. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha faces an uphill battle …
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By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -Australia’s Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell said on Friday he was “pleased” with his talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on removing trade barriers, but added that his visit was “just another step” in stabilising ties. Farrell’s visit to the Chinese capital, the first by an Australian …
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By Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – From the back of open-top trucks and cars, candidates of Thailand’s political parties drove through Bangkok on Saturday, as a months-long campaign that could usher in a new government for the first time in nearly a decade drew to a close. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha faces an uphill battle …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Rescuers were scouring the waters off a remote beach in South Australia on Saturday for traces of a surfer believed to have been killed in a shark attack. Emergency services were called to the beach near the town of Elliston, about 650 km (403 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide, …
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By Chayut Setboonsarng and Napat Wesshasartar BANGKOK (Reuters) – Surrounded by adoring crowds packed inside stadiums and halls, the main prime ministerial candidates of Thailand’s political parties made a final push to rally supporters on Friday, two days before a crunch general election. After nearly a decade of a government led or backed by its …
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(Reuters) – Troops from Azerbaijan and Armenia exchanged fire with weapons including mortars and drones on a joint border on Friday and an Armenian soldier was reported killed, two days before top-level talks on a long-term peace deal between the two neighbours. It was the second straight day of exchanges of fire – ahead of …
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By Andrew Gray and Sabine Siebold STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -European Union ministers on Friday backed reducing the bloc’s economic dependence on China but will now have to figure out how to make that a reality, foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. Borrell said foreign ministers gave broad backing to a plan to adjust policy on China …
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By Tom Sims and Enrico Dela Cruz FRANKFURT/MANILA (Reuters) -A Filipino priest is touring top European banks to demand they curtail ties with companies behind new fossil fuel projects in a region of his home country that is rich in fish and coral. But he is leaving his meetings with bankers feeling frustrated. The priest, …
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By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) -China on Friday condemned a U.S. congressional report that called for sanctions against 29 Hong Kong judges involved in the city’s national security cases, given their role in “weakening” the rule of law. The report by the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) – which advises Congress – said …
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By Chayut Setboonsarng and Martin Petty BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand holds an election on May 14 after nearly a decade of a government led or backed by its royalist military after a coup in 2014. Below is a rundown of what to expect. WHAT’S BEING DECIDED? Roughly 52 million of Thailand’s 65 million population are …
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