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Media groups sound alarm after Indonesian magazine is sent mutilated animal carcasses

24 Mar 2025

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Press freedom groups have called on Indonesian authorities to investigate what they called acts of intimidation against a magazine known for its hard-hitting investigative reporting, after it was twice sent mutilated animal carcasses last week. Tempo Magazine, a publication that was twice banned when Indonesia was under authoritarian rule decades ago, was …

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Pro-Trump senator meets Chinese Premier Li with US company executives

23 Mar 2025

By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. Republican Senator Steve Daines met Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing with a group of executives from U.S. companies on Sunday, following an annual business summit in the capital attended by CEOs from big foreign firms. Daines was accompanied by seven senior executives including Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon, Pfizer …

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Pakistan army says it killed 16 Islamist militants on Afghan border

23 Mar 2025

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s army has killed 16 Islamist militants along the country’s western border with Afghanistan, a statement said on Sunday. It said border troops killed all the militants in an exchange of fire during the night between March 22 and 23 in North Waziristan district. “Own troops effectively engaged and thwarted their attempt …

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Three years after China Eastern plane crash, regulator has not released report

23 Mar 2025

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – China’s aviation regulator has not released an expected update on its investigation into a deadly China Eastern Airlines crash three years ago, leaving relatives and the aviation industry with no details on the cause of the disaster. On March 21, 2022, a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 jet plunged into a hillside in …

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Pro-Trump senator meets China’s economy tsar amid trade tensions

22 Mar 2025

By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Steve Daines, a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, met with China’s economy tsar, Vice Premier He Lifeng, on Saturday, marking the first visit by a U.S. politician to Beijing since Trump returned to the White House. Striking a cordial tone at the start of their meeting at …

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South Korea hit with multiple forest fires, two firefighters dead

22 Mar 2025

SEOUL (Reuters) – Two firefighters were found dead in South Korea and two were missing as more than 20 wildfires flared across the nation on Saturday, including the deadly one in the southeast of the Korean Peninsula. Acting President Choi Sang-mok urged all-out efforts to extinguish the fire before sunset as wildfires were spreading rapidly …

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South Korea foreign minister says North should not be rewarded for wrongdoings in Ukraine

22 Mar 2025

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said on Saturday that military cooperation between North Korea and Russia must stop, and North Korea should not be rewarded for its wrongdoings in the course of bringing about the end of the war in Ukraine. Cho also said it is important for South Korea, Japan …

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Indonesia’s Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupts; some Bali flights cancelled

21 Mar 2025

JAKARTA (Reuters) – An eruption of Indonesia’s Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano spewed ash clouds more than 8 kilometres (5 miles) high, authorities said as they raised the alert status to the highest level, and an Australian airline cancelled some flights into Bali on Friday. Thursday night’s large eruption of the volcano in East Nusa Tenggara province …

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Baseball-Tokyo Series featuring Ohtani delivers record-breaking event for MLB

21 Mar 2025

(Reuters) – Major League Baseball on Friday called this week’s Tokyo Series between Japanese standout Shohei Ohtani’s World Series champions Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs the largest standalone international event in its history. According to MLB the season-opening series, which marked the homecoming of reigning National League MVP Ohtani along with four other Japanese-born …

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Eleven pregnant women among hundreds in limbo at Thai-Myanmar border after scams crackdown, group says

21 Mar 2025

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Eleven pregnant women are among the more than 2,400 people stuck in limbo on after being pulled out of illicit scam compounds in Myanmar and are in urgent need of medical treatment in Thailand, a civil society group said on Friday.  The 11 women are being kept in a camp with harsh …

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