By Krishna N. Das, Shivam Patel and Ruma Paul NEW DELHI/DHAKA (Reuters) – India is resisting pleas by Bangladesh to resume issuing normal volumes of medical visas, citing staffing shortages amid worsening ties, six sources said, giving China rare space to expand similar offerings and build people-to-people ties. The bulk of India’s visas for Bangladeshis …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra met Formula One chief Stefano Domenicali on Tuesday and said the government would commission a feasibility study into hosting a Grand Prix on a Bangkok street circuit from 2028. Formula One already has a crowded schedule of 24 races around the world with four in the Asia-Pacific …
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By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – As Indonesia’s government plays fast and loose with its spending plans, a slow exit of foreign investors is turning into a tide that risks engulfing the relatively stable rupiah and bonds. Bank Indonesia (BI) holds the key to whether the slump in the country’s stocks turns into a wider, …
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oracle said on Wednesday it would provide Singapore’s defense technology arm with “isolated” cloud computing and AI services, in the company’s first such deal in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asian governments are frequent targets of cyber espionage campaigns and are facing escalating supply chain attacks, according to security researchers. Under the deal, the …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Monday asked the Homeland Security Department to turn over documents on the federal government’s response to reported massive Chinese hacking incidents. House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green and the chairs of two subcommittees asked DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to turn over records …
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ANKARA (Reuters) – Istanbul University has annulled Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s university diploma over irregularities with the Higher Education Board’s (YOK) regulations, it said on Tuesday. The university’s move came amid a government crackdown on opposition figures, particularly Imamoglu. A lawyer for Imamoglu last week told Reuters there were no irregularities regarding the mayor’s diploma …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s power consumption ticked up by a sluggish 1.3% in the first two months of the year because of an unseasonably warm winter, although the growth rate recovered to some 9% in February, National Energy Administration (NEA) data showed on Tuesday. February power consumption was 743.7 billion kWh while that for the …
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By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India and New Zealand aim to sign a free trade agreement in the next two months, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Tuesday, a move that could expand bilateral trade in agricultural, aerospace and renewable energy sectors. India and New Zealand have restarted negotiations for a trade …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Cabinet ministers from Thailand will head to China’s Xinjiang region on Tuesday to inspect Uyghurs deported last month, an official said, ahead of a three-day visit in which Bangkok says only five of the 40 sent back will be made available. Thailand sent back the 40 Uyghurs in a secretive pre-dawn deportation …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is set to pass contentious revisions to a military law this week that will allow armed forces personnel to hold more civilian posts, a move that has triggered concern in a country once dominated by its all-powerful military. The changes were approved on Tuesday by the house committee overseeing military, defence …
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