By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Wednesday after accepting a petition from an opposition party seeking his ousting on the grounds that he has held office for his full, legally mandated term. The petition filed to parliament last week by the main opposition Pheu Thai party argued …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China will take more steps to support the economy, including increasing funding support for infrastructure projects and ramping up support for private firms and technology companies, state media quoted the cabinet as saying on Wednesday. China will add 19 new policies on top of the existing steps unveiled in May, including raising the …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s new envoy on North Korean human rights called on Wednesday for diplomatic pressure to persuade Beijing against deporting defectors from North Korea. The number of defectors plunged after the border between China and North Korea was closed in early 2020 to stop the spread of COVID-19, but …
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By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Extreme heat in China played havoc on Wednesday despite lower temperatures in some regions, with authorities across the Yangtze river basin scrambling to limit the damage from climate change on power, crops and livestock. China’s heatwave, stretching past 70 days, is its longest and most widespread on record, with around …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s constitutional court on Wednesday suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha from official duties starting Aug 24 after it decided to hear a petition to review his legally mandated eight-year term limit. The court announced the move in a written statement sent to media. It was unclear when it would deliver a final …
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By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s new prison lodgings may be less than an hour’s drive from his mansion in Kuala Lumpur’s affluent Bukit Tunku neighbourhood, but it is a world away from the luxury he is used to. Najib lost his final appeal on a 12-year jail …
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(Reuters) – Several cities in southern China raised their cyclone warning signals on Wednesday, bracing for Tropical Storm Ma-on, which is expected to make landfall along the coast of Guangdong province on Thursday. At 12:40pm (0440 GMT), the Hong Kong Observatory issued a strong wind advisory, with speeds of 41kph to 62kph (25.5mph to 38.5mph) …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will waive pre-departure COVID-19 tests for vaccinated travellers to the country, but daily caps on entrants will remain in place, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday. Japan has maintained some of the strictest pandemic border measures among major economies, requiring travellers to present a negative coronavirus test taken within 72 hours …
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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – With Ukraine set to mark its independence from Soviet rule in 1991 and six months since Russian forces invaded, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned of the risk of “brutal strikes” by Russia and said any attack would provoke a powerful response. Zelenskiy, who has led his country’s resistance since Russian …
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By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) -Afghan refugees and migrants living in limbo at a United Arab Emirates (UAE) facility for nearly a year since being evacuated from Afghanistan held fresh protests this week over what they say is a slow and opaque resettlement process. Hundreds of Afghans carried banners and shouted for freedom on Monday …
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