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Security group led by China, Russia ‘key pillar’ of world order, Putin tells Xi

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

By Pavel Mikheyev ASTANA (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping hailed their Eurasian security club on Wednesday as a force for global stability at a summit of the regional body, which is seen by Moscow and Beijing as a tool to counter Western influence. Putin and the Chinese president have expanded the …

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Nepal PM Dahal faces crisis as key ally drops parliamentary support

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal faced a crisis on Wednesday after a key ally in his multi-party coalition withdrew support, pushing his government into a minority in parliament four months after the coalition was formed. The liberal Communist Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) party, which withdrew support and was …

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Philippine senator makes Tiktok claim about China missile plans

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

By Mikhail Flores and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – A prominent Philippine senator has created a stir by saying on social media she has knowledge of a Chinese plan to target her country with hypersonic missiles, though the national security council said it was unaware of any such security threat. Senator Imee Marcos, the sister …

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Heavy rainfall in several parts of India triggers floods, at least 11 dead

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Heavy rain continued to trigger flood and landslides in India’s north and north-east, killing at least 11 people and affecting hundreds of thousands, officials from two affected states said on Tuesday. In India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, which has been hit by torrential rain, nine people …

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China supports Kazakhstan joining BRICS, eyes energy reserves

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s President Xi Jinping said he supports Kazakhstan joining the BRICS bloc, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday, as the group of developing nations mulls further expansion to rival a Western-dominated world order it sees as outdated. Speaking to the press alongside Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev following a meeting in …

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High-tech cash: Japan launches banknotes with hologram portraits

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

By Irene Wang and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan began circulating its first new banknotes in 20 years on Wednesday, featuring three-dimensional portraits of the founders of financial and female education institutions in an attempt to frustrate counterfeiters. The notes use printed patterns to generate holograms of the portraits facing different directions, depending on the …

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India Modi’s Moscow summit with Putin seen key for ties in China’s shadow

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

By Krishna N. Das and Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A visit to Russia by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expected within days, could help dispel worries that New Delhi is getting too close to the West and further away from Moscow, ceding space to China, analysts said. No dates have yet been set …

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Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades since their heyday, reaching a long-awaited milestone in a campaign to modernise the bureaucracy. By the middle of last month, the Digital Agency had scrapped all 1,034 regulations governing their use, except for …

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Thai court sets July 17 for next hearing in opposition Move Forward party case

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday set July 17 as the next hearing date for a case seeking the dissolution of the popular opposition Move Forward party, which has 30% of the seats in the lower house of parliament. The court’s president said this week there would be a verdict in the case …

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Malaysia’s Najib loses legal bid to serve sentence under house arrest

3 Jul 2024 3 Jul 2024

By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -A Malaysian court dismissed jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s legal bid to obtain a document that he said would allow him to serve his remaining prison sentence under house arrest. In a judicial review application filed on April 1, Najib said an “addendum order” issued by the former …

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