BANGKOK (Reuters) – More than a thousand exotic animals, reptiles and pets perished in a sprawling market in Thailand’s capital Bangkok after a fire ripped through over a hundred shops in the early hours of Tuesday, authorities said. The blaze ravaged around 1,300 square metres (13,993 square feet) of the Chatuchak Weekend Market killing more …
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By Laurie Chen and Rich McKay BEIJING (Reuters) -Four American instructors from a small Iowa university were wounded in a stabbing attack in a public park in northeast China’s Jilin province on Monday, prompting an investigation into the attacker’s motive, Chinese officials said. The alleged assaults occurred shortly before noon on Monday at a park …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch military intelligence said on Monday that Chinese cyber espionage was more extensive than it had initially thought, targeting Western governments and defence companies. The MIVD agency said a Chinese state-backed hacking group that was behind a 2023 hacking attack on the Dutch defence ministry had claimed at least 20,000 victims worldwide …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian court has sentenced a comedian to seven months in prison for a joke he made about the name ‘Muhammad’, court documents showed, intensifying concerns over blasphemy laws in one of the world’s most populous Muslim nations. Aulia Rakhman was found guilty of violating blasphemy laws after joking about the name …
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By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) – China has urged the BRICS bloc of nations to take on greater responsibilities and establish itself as being inclusive to the world, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday, in the wake of Western sanctions and trade restrictions imposed on the country. Many Chinese companies have faced Western sanctions …
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HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnamese President To Lam on Tuesday told Chinese ambassador to Hanoi Xiong Bo it was important that maritime disputes were managed well and each country’s interests were respected, his office said in a statement. China is Vietnam’s largest trading partner, but the two Communist-ruled neighbours have been embroiled in a years-long maritime …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh has turned into a “one-party” state as the ruling party stamps out political competition, Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, a pioneer of the global microcredit movement, said in an interview. An election in January won Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a fourth straight term, but it was boycotted by …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – A group of North Korean officials in charge of public security was set to visit Russia, state news agency KCNA said on Tuesday, amid signs of growing diplomatic and security exchanges between the neighbours. The delegation, led by North Korean Public Security Vice Minister Ri Song Chol, left for Russia by air …
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MANILA (Reuters) -President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said the Philippines should be prepared for any eventuality due to heightened tension in the Indo-Pacific region regarding sovereignty claims in the South China Sea as well as security issues around neighbouring Taiwan. The Philippines has long clashed with China over the South China Sea. But the country’s proximity …
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By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) – India will focus on finding solutions to the border issues with China that has long strained ties between the neighbouring countries, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Tuesday after assuming charge for a second straight term. India and China share a 3,800 km (2,400 mile) border – much …
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