By Stanley Widianto and Joshua McElwee JAKARTA (Reuters) – Only rockstars and presidents can usually fill Indonesia’s national stadium, but on Thursday it was octogenarian Pope Francis who drew more than 80,000 fans to a Catholic Mass in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation. The event was the high point of the 87-year-old pope’s four days …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -Thousands of students rallied in Bangladesh on Thursday to mark the one-month anniversary of the fall of long-serving former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after deadly protests. Students, teachers and families of those killed in the unrest joined the “March for Martyrs” carrying the national flag and chanting slogans such as …
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(Reuters) -Police in China have detained five current and former employees of AstraZeneca for questioning about potential illegal activities, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. “We are aware a small number of our employees in China are under investigation and we have no further information to share at this point,” …
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By Katya Golubkova and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Governments should not intervene in deals in an arbitrary manner as a matter of principle, Taro Kono, a Japanese minister and prime ministerial candidate, said when asked about news that the U.S. is preparing to block Nippon Steel’s takeover of U.S. Steel. Sources told Reuters on Wednesday …
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s unprecedented arrest and court-martial of a former spy chief raises the heat on Imran Khan and could be the precursor to prosecuting the jailed former prime minister on charges of treason and attempting to incite a mutiny in the military, according to government officials and analysts. Khan has …
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By Rocky Swift and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese retail giant Seven & i will inform Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard that its takeover bid price is “inadequate”, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Seven & i will ask Couche-Tard to reconsider its takeover bid, also referring to competition law concerns mainly in the …
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By Laurie Chen and Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to step up China’s support across debt-laden Africa with funding of nearly $51 billion over three years, backing for more infrastructure projects, and the creation of at least 1 million jobs. China was ready to step up cooperation with Africa in …
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By Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) – A senior investment banker at one of China’s largest securities firms, Shenwan Hongyuan Securities, has been detained by the authorities, the second such high-profile probe in about a week into the country’s investment banking industry. Wang Zhaoping, who was most recently the deputy general manager at the sponsoring …
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(Reuters) -Belarusian security forces have detained a Japanese intelligence agent alleged to have observed border areas and military installations of the ex-Soviet state and Russian ally, Belarusian media reported on Wednesday. Media outlets said Belarusian state-owned TV channel Belarus 1 reported the arrest and said it would provide more details on Thursday. Belarusian media said …
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By Simon Lewis and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China’s consul general in New York left his post as scheduled after completing his posting last month, the State Department said on Wednesday, hours after New York’s governor said she asked for his expulsion in the aftermath of an aide’s arrest for secretly acting as a Chinese …
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