CARACAS – A fugitive Malaysian businessman nicknamed ‘Fat Leonard’ who is at the center of a major U.S. Navy bribery scandal wants to seek political asylum in Venezuela after being detained in the country last week, local media said Monday. Leonard Glenn Francis was arrested on Sept. 21 at the international airport outside Caracas as …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The United States, Britain and other countries are calling for a debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council to discuss China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslims in the far western region of Xinjiang, a document showed and diplomats said on Monday. The move, which needs a majority vote to …
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By Farah Master and Joyce Zhou HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong is readying for a surge in travel after the global financial hub ended mandatory COVID-19 hotel quarantine for international arrivals on Monday, with travel companies reporting 10-fold jumps in requests. The curbs were lifted for the first time in more than 2-1/2 years …
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ASTANA (Reuters) – A Kazakh court on Monday sentenced a nephew of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev to six years in prison for embezzlement, the first verdict against a close relative of the once powerful leader of the oil-rich Central Asian nation. The court found businessman Kairat Satybaldy guilty of embezzling money from state-owned companies. Nazarbayev …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Doina Chiacu TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to Japan’s defense during a meeting on Monday with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo in which they condemned China’s actions in the Taiwan Strait. “They discussed the People’s Republic of China’s recent aggressive and irresponsible provocations in the …
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By Adrian Portugal and Neil Jerome Morales BULACAN, Philippines (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr conducted an aerial survey of damage on Monday brought by typhoon Noru, which left heavy flooding across several northern provinces as authorities rushed to get aid to thousands of evacuees. Five rescue workers were killed in Bulacan province, its Governor …
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By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – Cardinal Joseph Zen, 90, one of the most senior Catholic clerics in Asia, and five others were accused on Monday by government prosecutors of using a now-disbanded charity fund for pro-democracy protesters as a front for “political activities”. The six, including Cardinal Zen, barrister Margaret Ng, scholar Hui …
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ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey said on Monday that Malaysia and Indonesia had expressed keen interest in buying armed drones from Turkish defence firm Baykar, which has supplied the weapons to several countries after battlefield successes. “Many Asian countries, especially Malaysia and Indonesia, show great interest in our defence industry products. Agreements are being signed,” Turkish …
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By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – Tensions over Taiwan have raised the thorny issue of whether U.S. troops based in South Korea would be involved in any conflict, with American and South Korean officials acknowledging that the peninsula could easily be dragged into a crisis. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol told CNN in an interview …
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SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) -Cross-border freight train operations between North Korea and China has resumed, Beijing said on Monday, ending a five-month suspension to limit the spread of COVID-19. The Chinese foreign ministry confirmed reports out of South Korea that China and North Korea had decided to resume cross-border freight train traffic that had been suspended in …
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