ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s top court on Thursday ruled the blocking of a no-confidence vote to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan and the subsequent dissolution of parliament was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court also ordered that the country’s parliament be reconvened on April 9 in order to proceed with the vote. (Reporting by Asif Shahzad and …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian lawmakers on Thursday approved a new chief for the Financial Services Authority who has vowed to strengthen the agency’s oversight of markets amid public criticism of some insurance products and illegal investments. Mahendra Siregar, 59, is currently deputy foreign minister but is expected to relinquish that role once his appointment as …
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By Soo-hyang Choi (Reuters) – South Korea’s president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said on Thursday strong deterrence was crucial in the face of nuclear and missile threats from North Korea amid a renewed warning by a top U.S. envoy of a potential nuclear test as early as next week. Yoon, who has pledged to boost defence capability …
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By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) -China warned on Thursday it would take strong measures if U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan and said such a visit would severely impact Chinese-U.S. relations, following media reports she would go next week. China considers democratically ruled Taiwan its own territory and the subject is …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities are telling foreign airlines they must have more empty seats on international flights when they arrive at Shanghai’s Pudong airport, sources said on Thursday, as part of measures to prevent the importation of COVID-19 cases. Shanghai, China’s financial hub and its most populous urban centre, is grappling with the country’s …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – Unhappy fans of South Korean boy group BTS accused President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol of trying to use their idols to boost his ratings after his transition team hinted the group could be booked to perform at the inauguration ceremony next month. As of Thursday, there were more than 1,800 posts …
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By Alasdair Pal and Mohamed Junayd MALE (Reuters) – A day after coal and fertilizer billionaire Andrey Melnichenko was placed on the European Union’s sanctions list on March 9, his superyacht Motor Yacht A stopped broadcasting its location while in Maldives’ waters, maritime data shows. In Italy, four days later, authorities seized another of Melnichenko’s …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Norwegian woman who disappeared while diving off Malaysia’s southeastern coast was found safe on Thursday, maritime officials said, as a search continued for three other missing people. Diving instructor Kristine Grodem, 35, was among four reported missing on Wednesday about an hour after going on a training dive near Pulau …
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(Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc on Wednesday suspended a network of over 400 accounts, pages and groups ahead of general elections in the Philippines as the Facebook parent moves to crack down hate speech and misinformation. Concerns about online hate speech have increased as candidates and supporters increasingly turn to social media for the May …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai on Thursday said it was trying its best to improve the distribution of food and essential goods to locked-in residents, responding to growing discontent over such difficulties as COVID curbs stretched into an 11th day. China’s financial hub has fallen largely silent after the city imposed harsh movement restrictions to stem the …
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