By Renju Jose and Lucy Craymer SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A Virgin Australia pilot alerted Australian authorities about a live-fire drill by Chinese naval ships last week in the Tasman Sea that forced 49 flights to change their paths, Australia’s air traffic control agency head told a parliamentary committee. Airlines including Qantas, Emirates, Air New Zealand …
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australia have submitted an expression of interest (EOI) to host the 2031 men’s Asian Cup, while Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have launched a joint bid for the continental showpiece. Australia, which hosted and won the 2015 tournament and will stage the Women’s Asian Cup next year, submitted its EOI to …
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SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, now the head of the BRICS bloc’s development bank, has been hospitalized in Shanghai, Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported on Monday, citing the hospital. Rousseff, 77, was tapped to lead the New Development Bank (NDB) in 2023. Folha reported she was hospitalized at the …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal said on Monday seven more projects funded by the United States have been put on hold after President Donald Trump suspended foreign development assistance. President Donald Trump ordered a 90-day pause in US foreign development assistance on the day he returned to the White House, pending assessments of efficiency and …
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By Antoni Slodkowski and Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping affirmed his “no limits” partnership in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, China’s state media reported, on the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The leaders held the talks as U.S. President Donald Trump has pushed …
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DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh has resumed direct trade with Pakistan for the first time since its independence in 1971, with the first shipment of 50,000 tonnes of rice leaving Port Qasim under a government-to-government deal, officials said. The deal follows an improvement in diplomatic relations since an interim government in Bangladesh led by Nobel laureate …
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By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thousands of foreigners freed from online scam-operating centres in Myanmar are stuck in limbo on the border with Thailand after a multinational crackdown on the compounds run by criminal gangs, three sources told Reuters on Monday. In recent weeks, authorities from China, Thailand and Myanmar have …
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By Bing Hong Lok SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore’s key consumer price gauge rose 0.8% in January from a year earlier, lower than economists’ forecasts and the smallest rise in more than three years, official data showed on Monday. The core inflation rate, which excludes private road transport and accommodation costs, compared with a 1.5% forecast by …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s lawmakers will consider a draft revision of the Civil Aviation Law this week to enhance safety in the aviation industry, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. The proposed legislative amendments follow a fatal crash of a China Eastern Airlines passenger jet in March 2022. Investigations are still ongoing into the …
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By Lucy Craymer and Renju Jose WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters will touch down in Beijing on Tuesday for a three-day visit as relations between the two countries are strained after Chinese Navy vessels conducted live firing exercises in the Tasman Sea. New Zealand and Australia officials said that China had conducted …
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