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Thai PM candidate Paetongtarn to resume campaign after birth of child

4 May 2023 4 May 2023

BANGKOK (Reuters) – One of Thailand’s leading prime ministerial candidates Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Wednesday said she would next week resume campaigning after giving birth a few days ago, and remains confident of a landslide election win. Paetongtarn, 36, the frontrunner in many opinion polls for the May 14 election, made her first public appearance in …

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China’s holiday tourism rebound to pre-COVID levels boosts outlook

4 May 2023 4 May 2023

By Samuel Shen and Liz Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s tourism rebounded to pre-COVID 19 levels in the May Day holiday as the number of domestic trips rose by more than two-thirds from a year earlier, government data showed on Wednesday, a welcome boost for the world’s second-biggest economy. If sustained, a recovery in the service …

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Political prisoners among 2,000 pardoned by Myanmar junta

3 May 2023 3 May 2023

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s military government on Wednesday pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners, state media reported, among them a journalist and what activists and media said were numerous political detainees. State television MRTV said 2,153 prisoners convicted of incitement were pardoned to mark a Buddhist holiday and warned they would be arrested and given additional sentences …

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Exclusive-U.S. climate envoy Kerry says China has invited him for talks

3 May 2023 3 May 2023

By Alexander Ratz, Sarah Marsh and Valerie Volcovici BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Wednesday China has invited him to visit “in the near term” for talks on averting a global climate change crisis even as diplomatic relations between the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters remain tense. The United States …

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US Senate Democrats launch renewed effort to counter China

3 May 2023 3 May 2023

By Patricia Zengerle and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats launched a renewed effort to stave off competition from China on Wednesday, planning legislation to boost the country’s ability to face up to the Asian powerhouse on issues from technology to security and threats to Taiwan. After passing a sweeping bill last year …

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Canada’s spy agency withheld information about China’s threats to lawmaker -PM Trudeau

3 May 2023 3 May 2023

By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s spy agency withheld information about Chinese threats against a Canadian lawmaker and his family in 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, adding that he had told the agency that in the future such threats must be revealed immediately. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) had determined that …

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US stands with Philippines against Chinese ‘intimidation’ in S. China Sea – official

3 May 2023 3 May 2023

By Karen Lema (Reuters) – The United States stands with treaty ally the Philippines in the face of harassment by China’s coast guard in the South China Sea and remains deeply concerned about “intimidation” by Beijing, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday. A visit to the United States this week by Philippine President Ferdinand …

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NATO to open Japan office to enable Indo-Pacific consultation – report

3 May 2023 3 May 2023

TOKYO (Reuters) -NATO is planning to open a liaison office in Japan, its first in Asia, to facilitate consultations in the region, the Nikkei Asia reported on Wednesday, citing Japanese and NATO officials. The liaison office will enable discussions with NATO’s security partners, such as South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, with geopolitical challenges from …

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France, Japan sign nuclear partnership deal

3 May 2023 3 May 2023

By America Hernandez PARIS (Reuters) – France and Japan have signed a nuclear cooperation agreement in Paris, the French ministry said on Wednesday. The joint declaration pledges to deepen and accelerate ties in the research and development of next-generation nuclear such as sodium-cooled fast reactors. Work will continue on the safe life extension of existing …

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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan – EMSC

3 May 2023 3 May 2023

(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 188 km (116.81 miles), EMSC said. (Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Heavens)