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Thai court clears ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra in royal insult case, lawyer says

22 Aug 2025

BANGKOK (Reuters) -A court in Thailand on Friday cleared former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of charges of violating the country’s strict law on royal insults, his lawyer told Reuters. The court has yet to publicly announce the decision.  Influential billionaire Thaksin had denied wrongdoing in the case brought by the royalist military stemming from a …

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History, triumph and trauma to take centre stage at China’s WW2 military parade

22 Aug 2025

By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -Airport scanners at office entrances, road closures for large-scale midnight rehearsals, drones banned, guards stationed 24/7 on all overpasses: Beijing has effectively paralysed its urban core for a 70-minute military parade on September 3. The “Victory Day” parade, marking the end of World War Two following Japan’s formal surrender, will …

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Indonesia deputy minister arrested as part of anti-graft probe, agency says

21 Aug 2025

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s anti graft agency has arrested the country’s deputy manpower minister and 13 other people in connection with an investigation into alleged extortion, the agency said on Thursday. Deputy minister Immanuel Ebenezer, a member of President Prabowo Subianto’s party Gerindra, became the first member of Prabowo’s cabinet to be arrested for graft. …

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UN investigation seeking justice for Rohingya who fled Myanmar hit by cost-cutting

21 Aug 2025

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Millions of dollars of funding cuts from donors and U.N. cost-cutting could hamper evidence gathering and undermine efforts to seek justice for Rohingya who fled Myanmar, the head of a U.N. investigation told Reuters. Nicholas Koumjian, head of The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, said he fears that the scale-back …

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China’s Xi makes second-ever visit to Tibet as president

21 Aug 2025

By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Wednesday for his second-ever visit as China’s leader to mark the 60th anniversary of Tibet’s founding as an autonomous region. Six years after the 14th Dalai Lama fled into exile in India following a failed uprising, China’s ruling …

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Is historically arid Beijing ready for a wetter future?

21 Aug 2025

By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -During last month’s deadly floods in Beijing, rural hotel owner Cui Jian and his guests spent the night stranded on a rooftop in torrential rain before rescuers battled through metre-high mud and silt to get to them the next day. Beijing’s mountainous northern Huairou district and neighbouring Miyun district received …

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Kyrgyzstan appeals to Trump, Starmer after UK imposes Russia-related sanctions

21 Aug 2025

ALMATY (Reuters) -Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov appealed to the leaders of the United States and Britain on Thursday after London imposed sanctions on Kyrgyz crypto networks it said were being used by Russia to evade sanctions against Moscow. “I would appeal to the top leadership of these countries, to (U.S. President) Donald Trump and (British …

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Thailand’s Shinawatra dynasty faces triple court test that could upend politics

21 Aug 2025

(Corrects paragraph 3 to show maximum jail term is 15 years for each offence, not 50 years) By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s billionaire Shinawatra family is bracing for a series of high-stakes court decisions starting Friday that could test its political resilience, with the prospect of an early election and prolonged …

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South Korea’s Lee intends to retain ‘comfort women’ pact with Japan, paper says

21 Aug 2025

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said he intended to stick to existing agreements with Japan tied to its colonial rule of the Korean peninsula, including one on the treatment of Korean women forced to work in its military brothels. The legacy of Japan’s colonisation from 1910 to 1945 is politically sensitive for …

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China calls for enhancing exchanges, security with Pakistan, Afghanistan

21 Aug 2025

By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on Pakistan and Afghanistan to strengthen trilateral exchanges at all levels, as Beijing pushes to strengthen security with its neighbours, according to a statement from the ministry. Wang, who attended a three-way meeting with his counterparts in Kabul on Wednesday, said the countries …

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