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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will respond calmly to the Solomon Islands after it signed a security pact with China, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, dismissing a furious response by the leader of the Pacific nation to Western criticism of the deal. In a fiery speech to parliament on Tuesday, Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said …

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By Martin Petty (Reuters) – The Philippines holds an election on Monday to decide thousands of positions across the archipelago, including who will take over from Rodrigo Duterte and become its president for the next six years. Below is a rundown of what to expect. WHAT’S BEING DECIDED? The election will choose a president, vice …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese travellers spent 43% less over the five-day Labour Day holiday that ended on Wednesday than a year earlier, government data showed, as tightening COVID-19 prevention measures being rolled out across the country hit consumption. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Wednesday that Chinese domestic travel revenue tumbled to 64.7 billion …

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By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Promises of policy support and a possible meeting between tech giants and China’s leaders this week have helped stem a rout in the country’s stock markets for now, but investors expect it is unlikely to attract new inflows until the economy stabilises. Mainland and Hong Kong equities have dramatically …

Running on hope, China markets want action, not more policy pledges Read More »

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – A major North Korean propaganda website denounced on Thursday South Korea’s incoming president Yoon Suk-yeol, who has vowed to take a tougher line on weapons tests by Pyongyang, describing him as “pro-United States”, and “confrontational”. The North’s state media have yet to make formal comments on Yoon, a conservative …

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(Reuters) – Philippine presidential candidates will wrap up campaigning this week ahead of the May 9 election, in a contest that has shaped into a two-way race between the clear favourite Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his main rival Leni Robredo. Below are details on the candidates for the presidency, starting with the current leader in …

Factbox-Marcos and Robredo lead field ahead of Philippine presidential vote Read More »

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he could not accept Moscow’s decision to ban him and 62 other Japanese citizens from entry into Russia, and that Russia bore full responsibility for driving bilateral ties to where they are now. Russia’s foreign ministry earlier announced sanctions against 63 Japanese officials, journalists and …

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