By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse students protesting against the government’s job quota system on Wednesday, a day after violent clashes left six people dead and scores injured. Authorities also announced the indefinite closure of all public and private universities from Wednesday following the …
By Orathai Sriring and Thanadech Staporncharnchai BANGKOK (Reuters) -The Thai government’s additional 122 billion baht ($3.4 billion) budget bill for the 2024 fiscal year to finance its signature stimulus programme passed its first parliamentary vote on Wednesday. After a one-day debate by lawmakers to scrutinise the much-criticised handout scheme, the budget passed with 297 votes …
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By Shivangi Acharya and Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India is likely to speed up processing of visas for Chinese technicians, three government officials said, as it looks to overcome delays at manufacturing units that have hindered investments worth billions of dollars. After the nuclear-armed nations clashed on their Himalayan frontier in mid-2020, India blocked …
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By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) -Cyanide poisoning caused the deaths of six foreigners whose bodies were found in a room in a plush Bangkok hotel, Thai authorities said on Wednesday, with the suspected killer among the dead. Traces of the rapid-acting, deadly chemical were found during autopsies of the bodies and on …
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By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China and Russia carried out live-fire naval exercises in the South China Sea this week, Russian and Chinese state media reported, with the two countries having strengthened military and trade ties in recent years following U.S. sanctions. Both countries were to deploy at least three vessels each for the three-day …
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By Karen Lema and Mikhail Flores MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines and China have agreed to set up new lines of communication to improve their handling of maritime disputes, according to a document and a Philippine diplomatic source, as ties sour over clashes about territory in the South China Sea. The two countries have traded barbs …
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A foreign policy specialist who once worked for the CIA and on the White House National Security Council (NSC) has been indicted on U.S. charges she worked as an unregistered agent of South Korea’s government in exchange for luxury goods and other gifts. Sue Mi Terry advocated South Korean …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean soldiers have been installing landmines and barriers and creating wasteland along the front line for months despite accidents, South Korea’s military said on Wednesday. North Korea’s military has continued its work forcibly despite multiple casualties caused by some 10 accidents involving landmine explosions and heat illness, according to a statement …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s Constitutional Court said on Wednesday that it will hand down its verdict in a case seeking the dissolution of the opposition group Move Forward, the biggest party in parliament, on August 7. The case stems from an election commission petition to disband Move Forward over its plan to amend a law that …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan should pay the U.S. for its defence as it does not give the country anything, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Bloomberg Businessweek, sending shares of Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC lower on Wednesday. “I know the people very well, respect them greatly. They did take about 100% of our chip business. I …
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