BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand has seen two coups, three prime ministers brought down by court rulings, intermittent violence and crippling colour-coded street demonstrations during two decades of political instability. Below are key events leading up to Sunday’s election. 2001 – Billionaire telecommunications tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra is elected prime minister on a populist platform. He is …
By Chayut Setboonsarng (Reuters) – Thailand goes to the polls on Sunday to elect 500 members for its House of Representatives. Below are the major parties vying for seats and the chance to form a government. UNITED THAI NATION PARTY (RUAM THAI SANG CHART) The recently formed vehicle of incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, UTN’s …
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s political parties have nominated prime ministerial candidates ahead of a May 14 election, which will showcase a long-running battle between the billionaire Shinawatra family and parties backed by a conservative pro-military establishment. Below are key contenders for the next premier, which should be decided by August in a vote by the …
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OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s prime minister said on Friday he had expressed concerns about human rights in parts of China during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Oslo. “We are concerned about the human rights situation in Xinjiang and the developments in Hong Kong,” Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said in a …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Former National Basketball Association (NBA) star Dwight Howard has triggered a wave of criticism on Chinese social media for calling Taiwan a country in a promotional video with Taiwan’s vice president. The video, released on Wednesday, showed the U.S. basketball player supporting a campaign for a select number of foreign tourists to …
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By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Authorities in an Indian state want to ban polygamy as part of a bid by the Hindu-nationalist central government to standardise the civil code across the country. Polygamy, the practice of having more than one spouse, is illegal under the Indian Penal Code but Muslim men are allowed …
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By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration’s top security adviser met with China’s top diplomat this week and pledged to keep lines of communication open, the White House said on Thursday, in one of the countries’ few high-level meetings since a dispute over an alleged Chinese spy balloon dented relations in February. National Security …
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By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – Teresa Xu did not anticipate that five years after she was denied an egg-freezing treatment at a Beijing hospital for being unmarried, her subsequent lawsuit would be at the centre of a debate over reproductive rights in China. Xu, 35, first lodged the claim against the Beijing Obstetrics and …
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By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam and Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest was unlawful, two days after his detention on graft allegations triggered deadly violence, escalating his tussle with the powerful military. The protests coincide with Pakistan’s worst economic crisis in decades, with record high …
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By Matt Spetalnick, David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China is facing a growing backlash from the United States and other Western governments over its controversial efforts to pressure dissidents and their advocates abroad, but Beijing has appeared undeterred. Authorities in the U.S., Canada, Britain and elsewhere recently have taken a hard line, …
