(Reuters) – Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have urged Myanmar’s military to follow a five-point “consensus” it agreed to last year at a crisis meeting of the bloc’s leaders to address deadly unrest that followed a coup. Below is the peace commitment that Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing and the …
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By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) – Efforts to strengthen global health security will only succeed if the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) is enhanced, the agency’s head said on Thursday, as its biggest donor, Washington, proposed a new global pandemic prevention fund. Speaking via video link at a G20 meeting …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong health authorities said on Thursday they have recorded more than 16,600 cases since January as the city battles to contain the spread of the disease, with hospitals and testing facilities overwhelmed. (Reporting By Twinnie Siu and Anne Marie Roantree; Editing by)
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s foreign minister on Thursday urged a special envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to meet with representatives of an outlawed shadow National Unity Government (NUG) in military-ruled Myanmar. Saifuddin Abdullah on his Facebook page welcomed the announcement of the ASEAN envoy’s trip to Myanmar in March and …
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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s foreign minister said on Thursday he planned to visit military-ruled Myanmar next month as a special regional envoy and suggested the ruling junta allow him to talk to members of a shadow government that it has labeled “terrorists”. Speaking at a news conference after a meeting of Association of Southeast …
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By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese provincial government of Jiangsu will “thoroughly” investigate the facts surrounding a video of a woman chained by the neck, state TV said on Thursday, a move seen aimed at soothing public anger over neglect by authorities. The case came to light in late January after a …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Enterprising Chinese college graduates will be able to borrow up to half a million yuan ($78,900) in the wealthy province of Zhejiang to start a business, and if it goes belly-up, the government will help pay at least 80% of the loan. The generous plan, unveiled at a news conference hosted by …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday called for collaboration between countries to promote a global economic recovery and said now was not the time to create geopolitical tensions such as the situation happening in Ukraine. The president made the remarks at the opening of a meeting of finance leaders from the Group …
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By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) – Politics entered the Olympics on Thursday when an official for the Beijing Games spoke about Taiwan and Xinjiang, declaring there was only “one China”, the first such statements by the host since the competition started. International Olympic Committee (IOC) spokesman Mark Adams was asked a question at the daily …
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as Thursday night, a government source said, adding that arrangements were being made for the talks but a time had not yet been set. Western nations warned on Wednesday that there is a growing Russian military presence at Ukraine’s …
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