By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China called for “patience” with its tough COVID policies and warned against any “war-weariness” as local cases soared to their highest since August, days ahead of a pivotal Communist Party congress. Many countries are learning to co-exist with COVID-19, but China has repeatedly quashed any speculation of a let-up in …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Monday ordered law enforcement agencies to tighten gun ownership rules and crack down on drug use following a mass killing by an ex-policeman at a daycare centre that left has the nation in shock. A total of 36 people including 24 children were killed in a …
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By A. Ananthalakshmi, Rozanna Latiff and Mei Mei Chu KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Monday called an early election, aiming to win a stronger mandate and end political instability since the multi-billion dollar 1MDB scandal and COVID crisis. The ruling United Malays National Organisation’s rush to hold polls that had …
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By A. Ananthalakshmi and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob called for an early election on Monday, to win a stronger mandate and stabilise a rocky political landscape that has persisted in the wake of the multi-billion dollar 1MDB scandal and COVID crisis. Here are the key issues that …
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By Mei Mei Chu (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri announced the dissolution of parliament on Monday, paving the way for the nation’s 15th general election at a date to be fixed by the Election Commission. Here is a breakdown of how Malaysian elections work: THE ELECTION SYSTEM Malaysia is a parliamentary democracy, and …
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s king did not have a choice but to agree to the prime minister’s request to return the mandate to the people, the palace said on Monday, after Ismail Sabri Yaakob dissolved parliament. King Al-Sultan Abdullah had expressed disappointment with current political developments and hoped the election commission would hold polls …
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By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -War between Taiwan and China is “absolutely not an option”, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Monday, as she reiterated her willingness to talk to Beijing and also pledged to boost the island’s defences including with precision missiles. China again rejected her latest overture, saying the island …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – The root cause of the problems in the Taiwan Strait is the Taiwanese government’s seeking of independence and the island is an inseparable part of Chinese territory, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The ministry was responding to a national day speech by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen who said war between Taiwan …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob dissolved parliament on Monday, paving the way for national elections to be held in the coming weeks. The election date will be announced by the election commission, Ismail said in a televised address. (Reporting by A. Ananthalakshmi; Writing by Ed Davies; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor)
By Cynthia Kim and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s recent flurry of missile tests were designed to simulate showering the South with tactical nuclear weapons as a warning after large-scale navy drills by South Korean and U.S. forces, state news agency KCNA said on Monday. North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early on …
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