BANGKOK (Reuters) -A royal insult prosecution against an American scholar in Thailand that raised concerns in the U.S. government has been dropped, his lawyer said on Thursday, as authorities confirmed the academic had left the country. Paul Chambers, 58, a political science lecturer, had been in legal limbo since his arrest last month on a lese-majeste …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Bi Jingquan, former head of the now-defunct China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), is being investigated for suspected corruption, China’s anti-graft watchdog said on Thursday. Bi, a member of the standing committee of China’s top political advisory body and a deputy director of its committee for economic affairs, is being investigated for suspected …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea enabled Russia to increase missile attacks against critical Ukrainian civilian infrastructure and supplied more than 20,000 containers of munitions, according to a report by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team, a group comprising 11 UN members. The group, launched in October last year to monitor U.N. sanctions against North Korea after …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said that he exchanged views on tariff issues with U.S. President Donald Trump by phone on Thursday. Ishiba also said the talks were “meaningful” as the two leaders further deepened their understanding of each other’s views. This was their second call this month, following one on May …
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DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh has recalled its ambassador from Myanmar, a Bangladeshi foreign ministry official said on Thursday, after it acknowledged opening a communications line with a rebel army fighting its neighbour’s military junta. Monowar Hossain, who had been serving in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw since mid-2023, was told to return to Dhaka with immediate effect, said …
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese private rocket firm Space Epoch said on Thursday it had successfully run a flight recovery test, as China looks to catch up with the United States by developing its own version of a reusable rocket that can rival SpaceX’s Flacon 9. As China and other space-faring nations look to …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former king rallied in the capital Kathmandu on Thursday, calling for the restoration of the constitutional monarchy that was abolished 17 years ago, amid rising unhappiness with successive elected governments. Flag-waving protesters marched into the city centre from different directions shouting: “Our king is dearer …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing on Thursday urged authorities to learn from recent incidents and remain vigilant about production safety, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Special attention must be paid to key industries including firefighting, hazardous chemicals, gas, mining, transportation and construction, Zhang said. The vice premier made the remarks at …
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By Laurie Chen and Larissa Liao BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese students with offers from U.S. universities expressed despair after Washington promised to start “aggressively” revoking Chinese student visas and ordered U.S. missions abroad to stop scheduling new student visa appointments. If applied to a broad segment of the 277,000 Chinese students already at U.S. colleges, the …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -A South Korean maritime patrol aircraft crashed soon after takeoff near a military base in the southern city of Pohang on Thursday, killing all four crew members, the navy said. The P-3 aircraft went down about six minutes after it left the airfield on a training mission at 1:43 p.m. (0443 GMT), the …
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