BEIJING (Reuters) – China stands ready to work with Estonia to cooperate on an investigation into a Chinese ship that Estonia suspects cut two of its subsea telecoms cables, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Chinese authorities are examining and handling the case in accordance with domestic law, ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – The office of Indonesia’s attorney general (AGO) has identified a former official in the mining ministry as a suspect in an investigation into illegal tin-mining, officials said on Wednesday. The inquiry centres on an alleged deal between state tin miner PT Timah, the world’s fifth largest producer of the refined metal, and …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday sanctioned three Chinese individuals and three Thai companies for involvement in a cybercrime network that it said made bomb threats and fraudulent applications for COVID-related aid, costing the government billions of dollars. The individuals and the Thai-based companies were sanctioned for activities related to 911 S5 botnet, a …
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By Yimou Lee, Fabian Hamacher and Angie Teo TAIPEI (Reuters) – Thousands of people protested outside Taiwan’s parliament on Tuesday after it passed a reform package to increase oversight of the government pushed by the opposition but opposed by the ruling party, which did not have the numbers to block it. The peaceful protests, and …
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By Tora Agarwala and Ruma Paul GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) -Torrential rains brought by cyclone Remal caused a stone quarry to collapse in India’s northeastern state of Mizoram, killing 12 people and trapping seven, while 11 more died in landslides and other accidents elsewhere in the remote region, officials said. Rescue workers on the outskirts of …
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By Mohammad Ponir Hossain, Ruma Paul and Subrata Nag Choudhury SATKHIRA, Bangladesh (Reuters) -Strong gales and heavy rain triggered by the first major cyclone of the year lashed the coastlines of India and Bangladesh on Monday, killing at least 16 people and cutting power to millions. The winds had not stopped as night fell, with …
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By Akhtar Soomro and Ariba Shahid MOHENJO DARO, Pakistan (Reuters) – Temperatures rose above 52 degrees Celsius (125.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, the highest reading of the summer and close to the country’s record high amid an ongoing heatwave, the met office said on Monday. Extreme temperatures throughout Asia over the …
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal presented a $14 billion budget on Tuesday for the next financial year beginning in mid-July after the main opposition party ended protests that disrupted parliamentary sittings for nearly two weeks. The main opposition Nepali Congress party had been demanding an investigation into the alleged misuse of funds from …
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By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong national security police arrested six people across the city on Tuesday under a new security law for alleged seditious intent, including a pro-democracy barrister already behind bars. Security Secretary Chris Tang told reporters the six were suspected of using a Facebook page to “advocate …
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(This May 27 story has been corrected to reflect the amended UN press note to say that 4,000 Rohingya, not 45,000, have fled to an area along the Naf river, in paragraphs 2 and 10) (Reuters) – Myanmar’s Muslim-minority Rohingya community is once again under threat of attacks and displacement as fighting between a powerful …
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