(This Aug. 22 story has been corrected to clarify that the statement was from TikTok, not ByteDance, in paragraph 3) KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal lifted a ban on Chinese-owned TikTok on Thursday, more than nine months after outlawing the popular video sharing app for disturbing “social harmony and goodwill.” The decision was taken at a …
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By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has charged a local man with cybercrime offences for spreading fake online information which fuelled riots in Britain, it said in a statement on Wednesday. The riots began after false information circulated online wrongly blaming an Islamist migrant for the killing of three …
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By Charlotte Greenfield and Alexander Cornwell ISLAMABAD/DUBAI (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of a Taliban-appointed diplomat as the ambassador of Afghanistan, a UAE official said on Thursday, making the Gulf state the second country after China to accept a Taliban envoy at that level. Taliban diplomats have controlled Afghanistan’s embassy in …
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore has detected 13 cases of mpox Clade 2 infections this year, the health ministry said in a bulletin on Thursday. To date, all mpox infections in the city state have been the “less severe” Clade 2 infections, it added. Earlier on Thursday, Thailand confirmed an mpox case reported this week was the …
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PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama’s government announced on Thursday additional deportation flights for migrants apprehended in the Central American nation to Ecuador, India and China, in a bid to reduce of flow of mostly U.S.-bound migration. Panama’s recently-inaugurated President Jose Mulino, who campaigned on a pledge to end his nation’s status as a major migrant …
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By Ananda Teresia and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s parliament shelved planned changes to electoral laws on Thursday after protesters in the capital set fires and faced down tear gas and water cannon over legislation they say would weaken opponents of the outgoing president and his successor. The legislature, dominated by supporters of outgoing President …
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(Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will visit South Korea at the end of September to discuss plans to build a new nuclear power unit at the Slovak Jaslovske Bohunice plant, news agency TASR reported on Thursday. Slovakia may be interested in a 1,200-megawatt unit, it said. In May, government tasked its economy and …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese prosecutors have indicted a Japanese citizen on suspicion of espionage, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, adding that the rights of the people involved in the case would be protected. The individual was indicted recently in line with the law, Mao Ning, a spokesperson at the ministry, said at a regular press …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Thousands protested in cities across Indonesia on Thursday, capping a dramatic week in politics in the world’s third-largest democracy as President Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, enters the final weeks of his decade in office. Following are the details of the significant political developments leading up to the protests: – On …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s military said it had monitored and warned a U.S. destroyer as it sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the latest such traversing of the sensitive waterway to upset Beijing. China claims sovereignty over democratically governed Taiwan, and says it has jurisdiction over the strait. Taiwan and the United States dispute that, …
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