TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo prosecutors raided the home of former Tokyo 2020 Olympic board member Haruyuki Takahashi on Tuesday in connection to suspected inappropriate payments made to him by suit retailer Aoki Holdings Inc, Kyodo reported on Tuesday. Prosecutors have also raided the office of advertising giant Dentsu Group Inc, Kyodo reported. Takahashi is a …
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By Charlotte Greenfield and Jonathan Landay KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. and Taliban officials have exchanged proposals for the release of billions of dollars from Afghan central bank reserves held abroad into a trust fund, three sources familiar with the talks said, offering a hint of progress in efforts to ease Afghanistan’s economic crisis. Significant differences between …
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(Reuters) – Myanmar’s ruling military on Tuesday defended its execution of four democracy activists as “justice for the people”, brushing off a deluge of international condemnation including from its closest neighbours. The military, which seized power in a coup last year, announced on Monday it had executed the activists for aiding “terror acts” by a …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia on Tuesday condemned Myanmar’s junta for carrying out the execution of four pro-democracy activists, describing the action as a crime against humanity and appearing to make “a mockery” of a Southeast Asian-led peace plan. Myanmar’s military, which seized power in a coup last year, confirmed the country’s first executions in …
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By Charlotte Greenfield and Jonathan Landay KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Taliban officials have exchanged proposals for the release of billions of dollars from Afghan central bank reserves held abroad into a trust fund, three sources familiar with the talks said, giving a hint of progress in efforts to ease Afghanistan’s economic crisis. Significant differences …
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(Reuters) – Myanmar’s ruling military on Tuesday defended its execution of four activists, which it said was lawful and carried out in the name of justice for the people. Junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun said the executions were not personal, but conducted under the law and the men were given a chance to defend themselves. …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito, father of the current emperor, received a diagnosis of heart failure but his condition has improved under treatment, an official at the Imperial Household Agency (IHA) said on Tuesday. Akihito, 88, stepped down in 2019 in the first abdication of a Japanese emperor for two centuries, saying he was …
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By Pavel Polityuk and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Russia said it will cut gas supplies to Europe from Wednesday in a blow to countries that have backed Ukraine, while missile attacks in Black Sea coastal regions raised doubts about whether Russia will stick to a deal to let Ukraine export grain. The first ships …
(Reuters) -Myanmar’s ruling military announced on Monday it had executed four democracy activists accused of aiding “terror acts”, sparking widespread condemnation of the country’s first executions in decades. Sentenced to death in secretive trials in January and April, the men were accused of helping a civilian resistance movement that has fought the military since last …
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(This July 21 story corrects to clarify the population of area in third last paragraph) By David Kirton and Roxanne Liu SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – China’s southern megacity of Shenzhen vowed to “mobilise all resources” to curb a slowly spreading COVID-19 outbreak, ordering strict implementation of testing and temperature checks, and lockdowns for COVID-affected buildings. …
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