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Indonesia passes contentious law to create more provinces in Papua

30 Jun 2022

By Stanley Widianto and Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s parliament passed on Thursday legislation to create three new provinces in its underdeveloped region of Papua, a move critics fear could undermine the standing of the area’s indigenous population and threaten special autonomy powers. The Southeast Asian nation’s easternmost region, currently split between Papua and …

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Sri Lanka eyes trimming presidential powers amid unrest over economic crisis

30 Jun 2022

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s government on Thursday proposed amending the constitution to trim presidential powers and beef up anti-corruption powers to help shore up stability and defuse unrest provoked by the country’s worst financial crisis in decades. The South Asian island of 22 million people is close to running out of …

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Philippines starts new era of Marcos rule, decades after overthrow

30 Jun 2022

By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -Ferdinand Marcos, the son of the Philippine ruler overthrown in a popular uprising 36 years ago, was sworn in as the country’s president on Thursday, promising to strive for unity and a better future while praising his late father’s legacy. Marcos, 64, won last month’s election …

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Biden sending more weapons to Ukraine as NATO prepares for long fight

30 Jun 2022

By Andrea Shalal, Aislinn Laing and Robin Emmott MADRID (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Thursday the United States will provide another $800 million in weapons and military aid to Ukraine, hailing the courage of Ukrainians since Russia invaded in February. Speaking after a NATO summit that saw the alliance also agree to take in …

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Typhoon warning raised for tropical storm Chaba, heavy winds to lash South China

30 Jun 2022

BEIJING (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s weather forecaster raised the typhoon warning late on Thursday for Tropical Storm Chaba, with threatening wind gusts expected to slam into South China and cause more damage to inland areas still suffering from weeks of destructive rainstorms. The first tropical cyclone of 2022 lashed Hong Kong during the day as …

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Indonesia leader: we will continue cooperation with Russia

30 Jun 2022

(Reuters) – Indonesia will continue cooperation with Russia, Indonesian President Joko Widodo told reporters after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday. Speaking through translator, he also said it was important to move towards a peaceful resolution of conflict in Ukraine. (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Jon Boyle)

Turkey awaits Taliban response to Kabul airport offer – Erdogan

30 Jun 2022

MADRID (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey had offered to operate Kabul airport in Afghanistan with Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and was awaiting the Taliban’s response to the proposal. He was speaking at a news conference at the end of a NATO summit in Madrid. (Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk …

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The rise, fall and return of the Philippines’ Marcos dynasty

30 Jun 2022

(Reuters) – Ferdinand Marcos Jr took the oath of office on Thursday as Philippines president, 36 years after a people’s revolt drove his father from office after two decades in power. Below is a timeline of key events for the Marcos family, the country’s most famous and politically influential dynasty. 1965 – After 15 years …

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Japan’s June flames out with record heat, but power crunch averted

30 Jun 2022

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s electricity grid creaked on Thursday under the strain of Tokyo’s hottest June since records began, but a power crunch that could have deprived tens of millions of electricity was narrowly averted and authorities prepared to lift warnings. Temperatures of nearly 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) were marked in some parts of greater Tokyo, …

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Indonesian president offers to take message from Ukraine’s leader to Putin

30 Jun 2022

KYIV (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo offered on Wednesday to deliver a message from Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy to Russian leader Vladimir Putin to try to boost peace hopes. It was not immediately clear how Zelenskiy responded to the offer made by Jokowi – as President Widodo is known – during talks in Kyiv …

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