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Wooing Chinese tourists, Thai leader says she has ‘Chinese blood in her’

7 Feb 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) – Thailand’s prime minister, seeking to allay security concerns among Chinese tourists visiting Thailand, said she had “Chinese blood in her” and that she had personally looked into security protocols in place to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens. Security in Thailand has become a trending topic of conversation among Chinese nationals, by …

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Thailand to host regional BIMSTEC meetings April 2-4, says foreign ministry

7 Feb 2025

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will host a regional BIMSTEC summit of the leaders of seven mostly South Asian countries in April, its foreign ministry said on Friday. The summit was due to take place last year but was postponed in August, when Thailand was under a caretaker administration. The group’s meetings and summit will take …

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Philippines’ Vice President Duterte prepared for impeachment, father welcome to join defence team

7 Feb 2025

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Friday she had been preparing since last year for impeachment and would welcome on her defence team her firebrand father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, if interested to join.    Sara Duterte said she had not read the complaint against her endorsed by majority of lower house …

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What’s next after the impeachment of Philippine Vice President Duterte?

7 Feb 2025

By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines’ lower house has impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country’s firebrand former president, setting the stage for a rare, high-profile trial in the Senate. Here are details on the trial, previous cases and the next steps in the impeachment, according to the constitution: HOW WILL …

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China dispute seen as early test of Trump’s stance towards WTO

7 Feb 2025

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – China’s new trade dispute with the U.S. could test Washington’s commitment to the World Trade Organization, which has so far escaped the scrutiny of President Donald Trump, a critic of multilateral institutions, trade sources said on Thursday. The Geneva-based body said on Wednesday that China had formally launched a …

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Rugby-Fiji Director of Rugby sacked after ‘gay problem’ comment

7 Feb 2025

(Reuters) – The Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) sacked former women’s captain Laijipa Naulivou four days into her job as Director of Rugby after she said the women’s game had a “gay problem”. Naulivou, the first captain of Fiji’s national women’s team, told the Fiji Sun newspaper this week that she was against gay women in …

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Japan’s household spending beats forecast, but recovery fragile

7 Feb 2025

By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese household spending rose for the first time in five months in year-on-year terms in December and at a much faster-than-expected pace, but the government said it was too early to call a bottoming out in consumption’s downtrend. Consumer expenditure climbed 2.7% in December from a year earlier, data …

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US aid freeze is new threat for ailing Myanmar refugees on Thai border

6 Feb 2025

By Panu Wongcha-um THA SONG YANG, Thailand (Reuters) – A team of doctors and nurses battled to revive Adabi, an 86-year-old Myanmar refugee fighting long-standing heart problems and pneumonia, as her daughter watched tearfully in a hospital in northwestern Thailand. “My mother has suffered heart disease for many years,” said 39-year-old Lay Nge, who was …

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Bangladesh protesters torch house of nation’s founding leader

6 Feb 2025

DHAKA (Reuters) -Thousands of protesters set fire to the home of Bangladesh’s founding leader as his daughter, ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, called on her supporters to stand against the interim government. The South Asian nation of 170 million people has struggled with political strife since Hasina was forced to flee to neighbouring India …

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