By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s presidential election race gathered pace on Thursday, as 39 candidates submitted nomination papers to the Election Commission by the deadline ahead of the vote on Sept. 21 in the crisis-stricken nation. Here are the next key steps in the poll, in which 17 million Sri Lankans are …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -China has resubmitted plans to build a new large embassy in London, a contested project that could test how the new Labour government handles relations with the world’s second largest economy after years of diplomatic tensions and disputes. Beijing sent a new planning application to Tower Hamlets council to build …
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By Tim Kelly and Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he would step down next month, succumbing to public disaffection over political scandals and rising living costs that marred his three-year term, and setting off a scramble to replace him. “Politics cannot function without public trust,” he told a …
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By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – For director Paul Feig, the comedy film “Jackpot” is what he calls “the Lost Jackie Chan movie,” referring to the work of the famous Hong Kong actor and martial artist. “His (Jackie Chan’s) characters are always classically somebody who didn’t want to be in the situation, in over …
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By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and ruled he “grossly” violated ethics by appointing a minister who was once jailed, raising the spectre of political upheaval and a shakeup in the governing alliance. Real estate tycoon Srettha is the fourth premier in 16 …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that he will discuss a “long-term strategic partnership” with China when he meets his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later this year in Brazil. Lula mentioned at an event that China, Brazil’s top trade partner, is aiming to talk to the South American country …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was dismissed on Wednesday by the Constitutional Court for a breach of ethics in appointing to his cabinet a former lawyer who was briefly imprisoned 16 years ago. Following are details on the process for choosing a new leader and potential candidates. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? – Thailand’s …
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By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Mariko Katsumura TOKYO (Reuters) – Fumio Kishida pushed through Japan’s biggest wage increases in decades, but it was not enough to make up for the impact the battered yen has had – or keep him in his job as prime minister. Kishida on Wednesday succumbed to months of woeful public support …
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By Gerry Doyle SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy’s deployment of new extremely long-range air-to-air missiles in the Indo-Pacific could erase China’s advantage in aerial reach, experts say, part of an intensifying focus on projecting power amid high tensions in the region. The AIM-174B, developed from the readily available Raytheon SM-6 air defence missile, is …
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By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea will resume international tourism to its northeastern city of Samjiyon in December, and possibly the rest of the country, tour companies said on Wednesday. The move is a sign that the reclusive country is readying to reopen borders to bigger groups of foreign tourists after years of …
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