By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -On the eve of a visit to China, Russian leader Vladimir Putin blasted Western sanctions as his country’s economy teetered on the brink of recession, wounded by trade curbs and the cost of his war in Ukraine. Russia and China jointly opposed “discriminatory” sanctions in global trade, Putin said in …
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By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s Constitutional Court dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Friday for an ethics violation, in another crushing blow to the Shinawatra political dynasty that triggered a flurry of deal-making aimed at filling the void. Paetongtarn, who was Thailand’s youngest prime minister, became the sixth premier from or …
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By Fabian Hamacher TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan has the right to be free and “preserve self-determination”, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the Armed Services Committee and one of the strongest advocates for Taiwan in the U.S. Congress, told the island’s president on Friday. Wicker, a Republican, told Taiwan President Lai Ching-te during a meeting at …
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By Ananda Teresia, Zahra Matarani and Yuddy Cahya Budiman JAKARTA (Reuters) -Hundreds of Indonesians protested at sites across Jakarta on Friday over the death of a civilian hit by a police vehicle, triggering calls for police reform in the first major test for President Prabowo Subianto’s nearly year-old government. The civilian, a motorcycle ride-sharing driver, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s top leaders called for greater efforts to enhance work safety and natural disaster prevention, according to the readout of a meeting of the Politburo on Friday. The Politburo, a top policy decision-making body of the ruling Communist Party, said in the meeting that China should “make every effort in emergency rescue and …
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By Saeed Shah ISLAMABAD -Flooding in Pakistan from water flowing downstream from India was made worse by New Delhi’s suspension of a river-sharing treaty and the collapse of the gates on an Indian barrage, Pakistani officials said on Friday. Torrential monsoon rains ravaged neighboring adversaries India and Pakistan this week, with further heavy downpours forecast …
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By Joe Cash and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping will be flanked by leaders of some of the world’s most heavily sanctioned nations – Russia, North Korea, Iran and Myanmar – at a military parade next week in Beijing, in a show of solidarity against the West. Russian President Vladimir Putin and …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s Bhumjaithai party said on Friday it was talking with other parties towards forming a government and has agreed with demands made by the main opposition People’s Party, the largest party in parliament, in return for its support. In a statement, Bhumjaithai said its priorities if it forms a government would be taking …
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By Devjyot Ghoshal and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) -On July 1, less than an hour after a court suspended her from carrying out any duties as Thailand’s prime minister following a leaked phone call, Paetongtarn Shinawatra walked out of her Bangkok office and asked for forgiveness. “I didn’t want anything for myself. I was only …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s military and coast guard said they conducted patrols on Friday in the waters around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the busy waterway of the South China Sea. The coast guard has stepped up law enforcement patrols in the area since the beginning of August, it said in a statement, vowing to “safeguard …
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