By A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -As Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim prepares on Thursday to take over as prime minister, one of his recent comments serves to sum up the persistence that secured him the job he has eyed for three decades. “This you need to learn from Anwar Ibrahim – patience, wait a long time, …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – The second mass strike by unionised truckers in South Korea in less than six months on Thursday has the potential to cripple supply chains in an export-driven economy which is the world’s 10th-largest. After an eight-day strike in June cost more than $1.2 billion in lost output and unmet deliveries, here’s how …
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By Harish Sridharan (Reuters) – Malaysia will swear in long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim as prime minister at 5 p.m. (0900 GMT) on Thursday, after he was appointed by the king, bringing an end to five days of political uncertainty following an unprecedented hung parliament. Here is a brief history of Anwar’s three-decade-long political journey: …
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CIANJUR, Indonesia (Reuters) -A couple of days after Indonesia’s deadly earthquake, heavily pregnant Rohmat Kartini began experiencing contractions. Having narrowly escaped Monday’s quake with her husband, Rohmat had to be driven for hours on roads clogged with debris and mud to a makeshift medical centre set up in a tent in an open field. While …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan on Thursday named Lieutenant-General Asim Munir as the new chief of its powerful army. The role is key in Pakistan, where the army has historically played an outsized role in the domestic and foreign policy of governance of this nuclear-armed nation. Here are five facts about Munir: -He was chief of …
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia will strengthen laws to better protect Aboriginal cultural heritage following an enquiry into Rio Tinto’s destruction of historically and culturally significant rock shelters at Juukan Gorge. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek published a government response to the 16-month enquiry on Thursday. * Australia is developing a new legal framework in partnership with …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s king appointed long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim as prime minister on Thursday, ending five days of unprecedented post-election crisis after inconclusive polls. Anwar’s appointment caps a three-decade long political journey from a protege of veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad to protest leader, to a prisoner convicted of sodomy, to opposition leader …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, on Thursday denounced Seoul’s push to impose additional sanctions on Pyongyang following its repeated missile launches, saying such measure will add to the North’s “hostility and anger,” state media KCNA reported. (Reporting by Soo-hyang Choi)
By Stefanno Sulaiman and Ananda Teresia CIANJUR, Indonesia (Reuters) – In the aftermath of Monday’s deadly quake in the Indonesian province of West Java, Rian Solihat had run straight to her daughter’s school only to find it had become a tumble of brick, torn books and lopsided palm trees. Trawling through the debris, a teacher …
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By Francesco Guarascio and Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has increased its coal power target for 2030 under a revised draft energy plan, government documents seen by Reuters show, while renewables goals were scaled back, in a potential blow to rich nations’ funding initiatives for cleaner energy. The updated draft, dated Nov. 11, was …
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