By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr sought the resignation of all his cabinet secretaries on Thursday, in a move seen as an attempt to reset the political agenda and assert his authority over the second half of his single six-year term. The order came after the president’s allies failed to win …
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore warned foreign embassies against inciting domestic reactions to international issues after the U.S and Chinese embassies in the city-state took swipes at each other on Facebook over the South China Sea dispute. “Complex issues are best resolved through appropriate channels for effective diplomacy,” Singapore’s foreign affairs ministry said in a statement on …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -The Indonesian Attorney General’s Office has named three people, including the former president director of Sritex, as suspects in alleged corruption linked to bank loans to the now-bankrupt textile giant, officials said. Prosecutors detained the three men as suspects late on Wednesday, said AGO spokesperson Harli Siregar. The AGO named them as Sritex …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired multiple unidentified cruise missiles on Thursday morning, South Korea’s defence ministry said. The intelligence authorities of Seoul and Washington were analysing the details, the ministry added. (Reporting by Hyunsu Yim; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
By Julia Payne, Christian Kraemer and Promit Mukherjee BANFF, Alberta (Reuters) -Finance leaders from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies sought to downplay disputes over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and find some common ground to keep the forum viable as they met in the Canadian Rocky Mountains on Wednesday. G7 finance ministers put a …
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By Saleem Ahmed QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) -Three children were among at least five people killed when a suicide bomber struck an army school bus in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, the military said on Wednesday, in an attack that Pakistan blamed on Indian proxies. About 40 students were on the bus, which was headed to an …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s army chief General Asim Munir is the most powerful man in the country, but his popular support has surged after the worst conflict in decades with arch-rival India, shattering criticism of interference in politics and harshly cracking down on opponents. A grateful government has given him a rare promotion …
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By Hanna Rantala and Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) -WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is at the Cannes Film Festival this week for the documentary “The Six Billion Dollar Man,” is thinking about how to become politically active again once he has fully recovered from prison, said his wife, Stella. Assange, 53, returned to his …
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(This story has been corrected to say social policies, not health, in paragraph 9) SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday after his party’s election victory, with the premier retaining nine ministers as well as the finance portfolio he has held since 2021. Wong, who led the ruling …
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By Tanvi Mehta NEW DELHI (Reuters) -A professor who was jailed after making comments perceived as critical of women officers in the Indian army was ordered released on bail by the country’s top court on Wednesday, his lawyer said. The Supreme Court also placed restrictions on Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s ability to comment on the case …
