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Indonesia president gets 81% approval rating after first 100 days, poll shows

20 Jan 2025

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Nearly 81% of Indonesians approve of President Prabowo Subianto after 100 days in office, a poll showed on Monday, attributing the high rating to his early delivery on campaign promises.  The Jan. 4-10 survey by the research unit of newspaper Kompas, showed 80.9% of the 1,000 respondents were satisfied because of his …

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Australia foreign minister says Quad in Washington shows ‘iron-clad’ commitment

20 Jan 2025

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong met her Indian and Japanese counterparts in Washington and said the invitation for Quad foreign ministers to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration showed an “iron-clad commitment” to close cooperation in the Indo Pacific region. Republican Senator Marco Rubio appears on track for confirmation as …

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China unveils plan to build ‘strong education nation’ by 2035

20 Jan 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) -China issued its first national action plan to build a “strong education nation” by 2035, which it said would help coordinate its education development, improve efficiencies in innovation and build a “strong country”. The plan, issued by the Communist Party’s central committee and the State Council on Sunday, aims to establish a “high …

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ASEAN tells Myanmar junta peace, not election, is priority

19 Jan 2025

By Danial Azhar LANGKAWI, Malaysia (Reuters) -Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar’s military government on Sunday its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil war should not be its priority, urging the junta to start dialogue and end hostilities immediately.  The Association of Southeast Asian Nations called on the warring sides in member nation …

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Protesters storm South Korea court after it extends Yoon’s detention

19 Jan 2025

By Joyce Lee and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -Hundreds of supporters of South Korea’s arrested president, Yoon Suk Yeol, stormed a court building early on Sunday after his detention was extended, smashing windows and breaking inside, an attack the country’s acting leader called “unimaginable”. Yoon on Wednesday became the first sitting South Korean president to …

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Malaysia names ex-diplomat Othman Hashim ASEAN special envoy on Myanmar crisis

19 Jan 2025

LANGKAWI, Malaysia (Reuters) – Malaysia’s has appointed diplomat Othman Hashim as the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN’s special envoy on the crisis in army-ruled Myanmar, its foreign minister said on Sunday. Othman is the former secretary general of Malaysia’s foreign ministry and was selected by Malaysia, the new chair of Association of Southeast Asian Nations, to …

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Philippines, U.S. hold joint maritime exercises in South China Sea

19 Jan 2025

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines and the United States carried out joint maritime exercises for a fifth time in the South China Sea, Manila’s armed forces said on Sunday, in a move that would likely irk China. The Philippine military said in a statement it held a “maritime cooperative activity” with the U.S. on Friday …

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