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US spy chiefs see China-Russia ‘love affair’ continuing

9 Mar 2023 9 Mar 2023

By Patricia Zengerle, Jonathan Landay and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China will deepen its cooperation with Russia to try to challenge the United States despite international condemnation of the invasion of Ukraine, the leaders of U.S. intelligence agencies said on Wednesday. “Despite global backlash over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China will maintain its diplomatic, defense, …

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Parts of China sees record-breaking temperatures

9 Mar 2023 9 Mar 2023

BEIJING (Reuters) – Parts of northern China were hit by high temperatures on Thursday that smashed seasonal records, with the city of Shahe hitting 31.8 Celsius (89 Fahrenheit), official data showed. Besides Shahe, regions such as Gaoyi, Yongnian and Handan, all in Hebei province, surpassed the 30C mark earlier in the year than ever before, …

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North Korea fires short-range missile toward Yellow Sea -S.Korea military

9 Mar 2023 9 Mar 2023

By Josh Smith and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea on Thursday fired a short-range ballistic missile toward the Yellow Sea, South Korea’s military said. The launch follows a statement on Tuesday by Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, that any move to shoot down one of North Korea’s test …

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Amid crisis in ruling coalition, Nepal elects third president

9 Mar 2023 9 Mar 2023

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Amid a bitter crisis in its ruling coalition, Nepal on Thursday elected a social democrat as its third president since the Himalayan nation ended a centuries-old monarchy. The election of Ram Chandra Paudel, 78, comes after a split in the communist-dominated ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal …

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Malaysia’s ex-PM Muhyiddin to face multiple graft charges

9 Mar 2023 9 Mar 2023

By Mei Mei Chu, Rozanna Latiff and A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency on Thursday said it would charge former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin with multiple counts of corruption, a move that he called political persecution. The charges come just three months after Muhyiddin lost a closely fought general election to Anwar …

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Malaysia’s ex-PM Muhyiddin arrested, to face multiple graft charges

9 Mar 2023 9 Mar 2023

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia on Thursday arrested former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and will charge him with graft, the country’s anti-corruption agency said. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said in a statement Muhyiddin was arrested after he was questioned over an economic recovery project launched by his government. Muhyiddin, who was prime minister for …

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Rice into low-carbon plastic: bringing hope to a struggling Fukushima town

9 Mar 2023 9 Mar 2023

By Elaine Lies NAMIE, Japan (Reuters) – Jinichi Abe grins as he watches diggers working earth near his rice fields, knowing they are returning still more fields to productivity after Fukushima nuclear reactors exploded and sprayed the area with radiation over a decade ago. Even better, Abe knows the rice that he and a cooperative …

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Two Indonesian match officials jailed over deadly soccer stampede

9 Mar 2023 9 Mar 2023

SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) – An Indonesian court handed prison sentences to two soccer match officials on Thursday after finding them guilty of negligence over one of the world’s deadliest stadium stampedes. The October 2022 derby match in Malang, East Java, between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya ended in chaos with 135 spectators killed, many crushed …

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Prominent Hong Kong union leader arrested after prison visit -source

9 Mar 2023 9 Mar 2023

By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested veteran union leader Elizabeth Tang after she visited her pro-democracy activist husband who is jailed at a high security prison, according to a source close to the couple and domestic media. Tang is the General Secretary of the International Domestic Workers Federation …

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South Korea appeals court ruling to compensate Vietnam war victim

9 Mar 2023 9 Mar 2023

SEOUL (Reuters) -The South Korean government has appealed a court order to compensate a Vietnamese victim of atrocities committed by South Korean troops who had fought alongside U.S. forces during the Vietnam War, the defence ministry said on Thursday. Nguyen Thi Thanh, 63, filed a suit against the South Korean government in 2020 seeking about …

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