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Soccer-Era ends as former champions Guangzhou denied permission to play in 2025

7 Jan 2025

By Michael Church (Reuters) – Former Asian champions Guangzhou FC will not play professionally in 2025 after the Chinese Football Association did not grant the eight-times Chinese Super League (CSL) winners permission to play in the coming campaign due to the club’s financial issues. Guangzhou, once the dominant force in the country and the standard …

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Hong Kong struggles to improve conditions in tiny, crowded homes

7 Jan 2025

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Housing is famously cramped in the Asian financial hub of Hong Kong, thanks to sky-high property prices, but a single toilet and kitchen shared by four families would make for a challenging home situation anywhere. “It’s so small here; it’s really inconvenient to live in,” said retired 60-year-old Xiao Bo, as …

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Flight data from Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash sent to Kazakhstan officials

6 Jan 2025

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The extraction of flight data from the Brazilian-made Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan last month was completed at a lab run by Brazil’s air force, according to a statement released by the entity on Monday. The data from the Embraer plane was sent to the Kazakhstan authority investigating the …

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Blinken expresses confidence in South Korea democratic process

6 Jan 2025

By Hyunsu Yim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean investigators sought an extension of a warrant to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, as visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed confidence in the key Asian ally’s handling of the political turmoil. Investigators probing Yoon over his Dec. 3 martial law proclamation failed …

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Several miners trapped in coal mine in India’s Assam

6 Jan 2025

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Several miners are feared trapped inside a coal mine in a remote area in the north-east Indian state of Assam and the state has requested the army’s assistance in rescue operations, authorities said on Monday. As of Monday evening, rescue operations were underway, and authorities were “ascertaining the exact number of people …

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Over 200 Rohingya arrive by boat in Indonesia over weekend, official says

6 Jan 2025

JAKARTA (Reuters) – More than 200 Rohingya came ashore over the weekend in Indonesia’s Aceh province, an official said on Monday, amid growing numbers of arrivals by sea of the stateless population in the Southeast Asian country. The mainly Muslim Rohingya, who are originally from Myanmar and constitute the world’s largest stateless population, often escape …

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Philippines deploys maritime and air assets to monitor China’s ‘monster ship’

6 Jan 2025

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has deployed air and sea assets of its military and coast guard in its exclusive economic zone to monitor China’s largest coast guard vessel, calling the ship’s presence an act of Chinese “intimidation, coercion and aggression”. According to the Philippine coast guard, the 165 m (541 ft) long vessel 5901, …

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China’s Xi cites corruption as ‘biggest threat’ to ruling Communist party

6 Jan 2025

By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – Corruption is the biggest threat to China’s Communist Party, President Xi Jinping said on Monday, in a clear warning that the ruling party is resolved to tackle a long-running problem that is now entrenched in many strata of Chinese society. China was rocked last year by corruption probes into …

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Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib wins appeal in bid for house detention

6 Jan 2025

By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -A Malaysian court on Monday granted jailed ex-premier Najib Razak’s bid to access a royal document that should allow him to serve his sentence at home, in a rare win for the disgraced former leader at the heart of the country’s biggest scandal.  Najib, imprisoned for his role in a …

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