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By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled a new indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried, accusing the founder of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange of paying a $40 million bribe to Chinese officials so they would unfreeze his hedge fund’s accounts. The new bribery conspiracy charge adds to the pressure …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tibet is dying a “slow death” under Chinese rule, the head of the India-based organization known as Tibet’s government in-exile said on Tuesday in a first address to the U.S. Congress. Some Tibetan activists lament what they see as a fading focus on alleged abuses in Tibet amid growing concerns in Washington …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has seen no willingness by North Korea to accept a U.S. offer to hold talks on its nuclear weapons program but the offer still stands, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Tuesday. “To date they have not shown any willingness,” Kirby said. (Reporting by Chris …

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By Ananda Teresia and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s president said on Tuesday that Israel’s participation in the Under-20 World Cup to be hosted by his country meant no change to its foreign policy, stressing amid domestic protests that sport and politics should not be mixed. Joko Widodo confirmed he had sent Erick Thohir, a …

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(Reuters) -Myanmar’s military government has dissolved the ousted ruling party of former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and 39 other parties, state media announced on Tuesday, over their failure to register for an election set to prolong the army’s grip on power. The National League for Democracy (NLD) is among dozens of parliamentary parties that …

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By Nicoco Chan NANJING, China (Reuters) – People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are ethnically Chinese and share the same ancestor, former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said on Tuesday at the start of a historic visit to China that Taiwan’s ruling party has criticised. Ma, in office from 2008-2016, is the first former …

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(Reuters) -Russia’s navy fired supersonic anti-ship missiles at a mock target in the Sea of Japan, the Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday. “In the waters of the Sea of Japan, missile ships of the Pacific Fleet fired Moskit cruise missiles at a mock enemy sea target,” it said in a statement on its Telegram …

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