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By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Anutin Charnvirakul was elected prime minister on Friday after breezing through a parliamentary vote, trouncing the candidate of the Shinawatra family’s once-dominant ruling party to end a week of chaos and political deadlock.  With decisive opposition backing, Anutin easily passed the threshold of more than …

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JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) -Two powerful aftershocks struck eastern Afghanistan 12 hours apart, triggering fears of more deaths and destruction on Friday in a region where earthquakes have killed about 2,200 people as rescuers battled mountainous terrain and harsh weather. Survivors in the earthquake-prone region are scrambling for basic amenities as the United Nations and other agencies …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) – There were small, peaceful protests outside the Indonesian parliament on Friday afternoon, following more than a week of sometimes violent demonstrations, as the Muslim-majority country celebrated a holiday marking the Prophet Mohammad’s birthday. Students gathered for a “picnic protest”, with poetry and book readings as they criticised politicians’ benefits and called for the …

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(Reuters) -Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is suffering from worsening heart problems and needs urgent medical attention, her son said on Friday, in an appeal for her immediate release from “cruel and life-threatening” custody. Kim Aris told Reuters that his 80-year-old mother, in military custody since a 2021 coup that deposed her …

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By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Lawmakers of Japan’s ruling party will vote on Monday whether to hold an extraordinary leadership election that could oust embattled premier Shigeru Ishiba and have a significant impact on the world’s fourth largest economy. Concern over political uncertainty has led to a sell-off in the yen and Japanese government bonds …

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By Adnan Abidi, Fayaz Bukhari and Mubasher Bukhari NEW DELHI/LAHORE (Reuters) – Heavy rain in the Himalayas continued to lash northern India and neighbouring Pakistan on Thursday with flooding of homes and highways worsening as major rivers overflowed. Although weather officials in India forecast some respite from downpours later in the day, Pakistan has warned …

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