By Yuddy Cahya Budiman JAKARTA (Reuters) -The rematch of an Indonesian soccer game that ended in one of the world’s worst stadium stampedes last year was played on Tuesday with no spectators present. Fierce rivals Persebaya and Arema FC last met in October 2022 when the match ended in a crush in which 135 people …
SEOUL (Reuters) -More than 500 people evacuated from their homes in South Korea’s eastern coastal city of Gangneung as strong winds fanned a wildfire on Tuesday, officials said, but fears of a further spread eased as rain helped firefighters battle the blaze. The fire, which started at around 8:30 a.m. local time (2330 GMT on …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Europe cannot ignore China’s role as a key trading partner and important geopolitical player that could help put an end to the war in Ukraine, or provide debt relief for low-income countries, Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Tuesday. “I think we cannot just turn our back to China and try …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union remains firmly opposed to the use of force to make any attempt to break the status quo in the Taiwan Straits, said European Commission spokesperson Eric Mamer on Tuesday. “We continue to call for peace and stability in the Straits of Taiwan,” added Mamer. On Monday, the European Union …
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By Sarah Wu and Yew Lun Tian TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Taiwanese are rushing to buy patches being worn by their air force pilots that depict a Formosan black bear punching Winnie the Pooh – representing China’s President Xi Jinping – as a defiant symbol of the island’s resistance to Chinese war games. China began three …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe PAMUNUWA (Reuters) – Fortune teller Andara Maanage Chandani, who runs a small shrine at her home near Colombo, says she used to make enough money to buy clothes for all eight members of her family every Sri Lankan New Year, which falls this week. This time, Chandani says she has managed to …
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By Yew Lun Tian and Yimou Lee BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – China’s latest military drills near Taiwan show it is serious about being able to cut off the democratically ruled island in a conflict, analysts said, as Beijing said its aircraft carriers could “shatter” defences from the east. Although the three-day exercises, which ended Monday, were …
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By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -The Chinese navy continued with “actual combat training” around Taiwan on Tuesday, state media said, a day after Beijing announced the end of drills and as Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen criticised China for its “irresponsible” behaviour. China began the exercises on Saturday after Tsai returned to Taipei …
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By Abu Arqam Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan administered Kashmir’s Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas was disqualified from holding any public office for two years by a court on Tuesday in a contempt case, the court order said. Ilyas, a businessman, comes from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who …
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By Stanley Widianto and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian court on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s controversial order to delay the 2024 national elections by two years, arguing it had overstepped its jurisdiction and had no authority to make the decision. The ruling by the Jakarta High Court will ease political uncertainty in …
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