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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s foreign minister on Friday confirmed her country had engaged with Thailand, China, India and the United Nations on the crisis in Myanmar, as well as Myanmar’s key stakeholders, during which it called for an immediate halt to violence. Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi told a press conference it was crucial to build …

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By Michael Martina and Don Durfee WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr dismissed criticism during an interview on Thursday that his presidential campaign played down the corruption and extravagance the Marcos family was known for during his father’s rule.     Marcos told Reuters at the end of a four-day visit to Washington that …

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – An exiled Chinese businessman charged by U.S. prosecutors with leading a more than $1 billion fraud on Thursday appealed a judge’s order that he remain in jail pending trial, court records showed. Guo Wengui, once a business associate of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s adviser Steve Bannon, was arrested in March. …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic and Republican U.S. senators announced legislation on Thursday authorizing President Joe Biden’s administration to negotiate a tax agreement with Taiwan, seeking to foster investment as Washington works to shore up the island against a rising China. The senators, led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez and …

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By Steve Scherer and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Thursday she is considering expelling a Chinese diplomat after a 2021 intelligence report said the official had sought to track down a Canadian lawmaker’s family in Hong Kong to intimidate them. “My deputy minister right now is meeting with the …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Afghan people are in for a “very difficult year ahead,” warned the top U.S. aid official, as donors grapple with challenging a Taliban administration crackdown on women and girls, more crises around the world and overall less funding. The Taliban seized power in August 2021 as U.S.-led …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korea will soon engage with China at the senior level and also seek the opportunity for diplomacy aimed at trilateral cooperation with Japan and China, South Korea’s ambassador to Washington Cho Hyun-dong said on Thursday. Cho told an event hosted by Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies that the COVID-19 …

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