(Reuters) – Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi received a four-year jail term on Monday on charges of incitement and violations of a law on natural disasters, a source familiar with the proceedings said. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also said ousted President Win Myint got the same jail sentence in …
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By Josh Smith and Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea imposed stricter measures on Monday to contain growing coronavirus infections and the Omicron variant, leaving some foreign residents vaccinated overseas effectively barred from places such as restaurants, cafes and cinemas. South Korea recognises the vaccination status of Korean citizens who were vaccinated overseas but …
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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday he plans to visit Myanmar for talks with its military rulers and said junta officials should be invited to meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Myanmar’s standing as a member of the 10-country ASEAN has been thrown into the spotlight by …
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(Reuters) – The United Nations has called for Myanmar to hold to account anyone using excessive force against unarmed civilians after security forces rammed a car into an anti-coup protesters killing five of them, according to media and witnesses. Photographs and videos posted on social media showed a speeding vehicle crashing through a group of …
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(Reuters) – Chinese teenager Eileen Gu showed her fine form a couple of months out from the Beijing Olympics when she came away with the win from her first Big Air World Cup competition at Steamboat Springs in Colorado at the weekend. Gu, born in San Francisco to an American father and a Chinese mother, …
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(Reuters) – China’s Zhao Xintong defeated Luca Brecel 10-5 to win snooker’s UK Championship in York on Sunday. The 24-year-old, who was competing in his first career final, took a 5-3 lead in the first session before converting his advantage in the evening session. “It was the biggest match for me and it was my …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese voters’ support for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ticked up after his government enforced tighter border controls against the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily said on Monday. Japan took some of the world’s strictest steps on Nov. 29 by closing its borders to new foreign entrants for about a …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported 61 new confirmed coronavirus cases for Dec. 5, up from 59 a day earlier, its health authority said on Monday. Of the new infections, 38 were locally transmitted, according to a statement by the National Health Commission, compared with 42 a day earlier. The new local cases were reported by …
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By Mayank Bhardwaj and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s repeal of agriculture laws aimed at deregulating produce markets will starve its vast farm sector of much-needed private investment and saddle the government with budget-sapping subsidies for years, economists said. Late last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government introduced three laws meant to open up …
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(Reuters) – The president of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) told the BBC that it did not have plans to suspend events in China amid widespread concern for player Peng Shuai. The former doubles world number one made a sexual assault accusation against former Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli then disappeared from public view last month, …
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