By Thomas Suen and Chantha Lach OU CHROV, Cambodia, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Cambodian soldier Kun Yong said he had been forced to pull back from his frontline position recently after he had trouble breathing following a sortie by a Thai aircraft. “It’s like I was suffocating,” he told Reuters as he lay in a …
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DHAKA, Dec 17 (Reuters) – India summoned Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to New Delhi to convey its strong concerns on Wednesday over what it described as a deteriorating security situation in Bangladesh, particularly threats targeting the Indian Mission in Dhaka. The move came two days after Bangladesh summoned the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka to protest …
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By Kim Kyung-Hoon and Satoshi Sugiyama OKAYAMA, Japan, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Music played in a wedding hall in western Japan as Yurina Noguchi, wearing a white gown and tiara, dabbed away her tears, taking in the words of her husband-to-be: an AI-generated persona gazing out from a smartphone screen. “At first, Klaus was just …
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By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK, Dec 17 (Reuters) – With general elections just months away and its billionaire patriarch in prison, Thailand’s embattled Pheu Thai party is turning to another member of the divisive Shinawatra family with little experience in politics to help mount a comeback. Yodchanan Wongsawat, 46, the nephew and son of former prime …
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TAIPEI, Dec 17 (Reuters) – China’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, Taiwan’s defence ministry said, its first transit of the sensitive waterway since formally entering service last month. Taiwan, which Beijing views as its territory, reports almost daily Chinese military activity around the island in …
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By John Geddie Dec 17 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s junta has said that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is “in good health,” a day after her son told Reuters he has received little information about the 80-year-old’s condition and fears she could die without him knowing. In an interview in Tokyo earlier this week, …
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TOKYO, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Japan’s space agency cancelled on Wednesday its planned H3 rocket launch carrying the Michibiki No.5 satellite system due to “facility trouble”, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said. (Reporting by Mariko Katsumura and Kaori Kaneko; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
By John Geddie TOKYO, Dec 15 (Reuters) – With her health failing and an information vacuum around Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her son worries that he may not even know if she passed away. Kim Aris told Reuters he has not heard from his 80-year-old mother in years, and has received …
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By Asif Shahzad and Ariba Shahid ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s most powerful military chief in decades faces the toughest test of his newly amassed powers as Washington pushes Islamabad to contribute troops to the Gaza stabilisation force, a move analysts say could spark domestic backlash. Field Marshal Asim Munir is expected to fly …
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By Christine Chen SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Two alleged gunmen who attacked a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach had travelled to the Philippines before the assault, which killed 15 people, and appeared to be inspired by Islamic State, police said on Tuesday. The attack on Sunday was Australia’s worst mass shooting in nearly …
