Sri Lanka’s Wickremesinghe voted in as next president
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe will be the country’s next president until 2024, a parliament vote count showed on Wednesday.
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China seeks to stop UN rights chief from releasing Xinjiang report – document
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -China is asking the United Nations human rights chief to bury a highly-anticipated report on human rights violations in Xinjiang, according to a Chinese letter seen by Reuters and confirmed by diplomats from three countries who received it. United Nations High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has faced severe criticism from civil …
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Sri Lanka’s Wickremesinghe to face low-key lawmaker in tight race for president
By Alasdair Pal, Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s main opposition leader withdrew from the presidential race on Tuesday and promised support to a low-profile politician from the ruling party who will take on acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe in a tight contest. The 225-seat parliament votes on Wednesday to choose the new …
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China warns of ‘forceful measures’ if U.S. House Speaker Pelosi visits Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s government on Tuesday warned that it would take “forceful measures” if U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, after the Financial Times said https://on.ft.com/3B0jKgc she would go to the Chinese-claimed island next month. Pelosi and her delegation will also visit Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore, and spend time in Hawaii …
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Fitch revises Pakistan’s outlook to negative, affirms at ‘B-‘
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -Ratings agency Fitch on Tuesday revised its outlook on Pakistan to negative from stable, citing a deterioration in the country’s external liquidity position and financing conditions as well as the risks from renewed political volatility. Fitch affirmed Pakistan’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at “B-“, but …
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Analysis-The 2.5 seconds of security lapses that sealed Shinzo Abe’s fate
By Satoshi Sugiyama, Sam Nussey and Ju-min Park NARA, Japan (Reuters) -Bodyguards could have saved Shinzo Abe if they shielded him or removed him from the line of fire in the 2.5 seconds between a missed first shot and a second round of gunfire that fatally wounded him, according to eight security experts who reviewed …
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U.S. seizes $500,000 in ransom paid to North Korean hackers, official says
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States has seized around $500,000 in ransom paid last year by a hospital in Kansas and others to North Korean cyber attackers, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said on Tuesday. Monaco, speaking at a cybersecurity conference at Fordham University in New York, said authorities had returned the stolen funds …
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Amid COVID shutdowns, Chinese women flock to skateboarding
By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – Feeling cooped up by the Chinese capital’s partial COVID-19 lockdown earlier this year, which shut gyms, parks and other venues, Beijing resident Mina Zhao came across surfskating on social media and decided to give it a try. Zhao, 40, who loves to ski, was an instant devotee, getting …
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Games-Hangzhou Asian Games to begin on Sept. 23 next year
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Hangzhou Asian Games, which could not be hosted this year because of COVID-19, will be held from Sept. 23 to Oct. 8 2023, the governing Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said on Tuesday. The 19th edition of the multi-sports Games, second in size only to the Summer Olympics, was scheduled …
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Thai opposition grills PM in parliament as censure debate begins
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha fended off accusations of corruption and economic mismanagement in a televised session of parliament on Tuesday, as a censure debate got under way seeking to dent his credibility with an election due within 11 months. Prayuth, 68, a retired army chief who first came to power in …
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