MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has built a coastguard station in its northern islands near Taiwan, boosting its capacity to monitor an area where China has built up its military presence, National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano said on Friday. He said the new station less than 200 km (125 miles) from Taiwan, which China claims …
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By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – The United States and several of its allies, including Britain, Canada, Australia, Germany and Japan, issued a joint statement on Friday calling on Taiwan to be allowed to take part in a key meeting of the World Health Organisation next week. Taiwan is excluded from most international organisations because …
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By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has been ordered by a court to pay S$400,000 ($296,000) to two government ministers in a defamation suit, according to a written judgment published on Friday. Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged younger brother of the former prime minister, made defamatory …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission and Pakistan have made significant progress towards reaching a staff-level agreement for an extended fund facility, the global lender said on Friday. The IMF has opened discussions with Pakistan on a new loan programme after Islamabad last month completed a short-term $3 billion programme, which helped stave …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A former Indian prime minister, an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urged his lawmaker grandson on Thursday to return to India and face the law in connection with rape and sexual harassment cases filed against him, amid a general election. Prajwal Revanna, 33, the grandson of former Prime Minister H.D. …
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(Reuters) – Brazil and China signed on Thursday a joint statement calling for peace talks in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine with the participation of both countries, a document seen by Reuters showed on Thursday. The document, signed by Celso Amorim, a special advisor to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Chinese …
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By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Tom Bateman TOKYO (Reuters) – The operator of Japan’s first domestically-built whaling mothership in more than seven decades said on Thursday it had no plans to send the whaler to the Antarctic Ocean, although the new vessel is capable of reaching the region. The 7.5 billion yen ($48 million) Kangei Maru, …
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By Bernard Orr and Yimou Lee BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China launched “punishment” drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to “separatist acts”, sending up heavily armed warplanes and staging mock attacks as state media denounced newly inaugurated President Lai Ching-te. The exercises in the Taiwan Strait and around groups of Taiwan-controlled …
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By Napat Wesshasartar TRAT, Thailand (Reuters) – Aquatic life from coral reefs to fish along Thailand’s eastern gulf coast is suffering as sea surface temperatures hit record highs this month amid a regional heatwave, worrying scientists and local communities. The once vibrant and colourful corals, about five metres (16 feet) underwater, have turned white in …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Around 50 Rohingya Muslims have arrived in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, an official at the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday, the latest wave of arrivals who have drawn a sometimes hostile reception in the Southeast Asian country. UNHCR is coordinating with its local partners and authorities to gather more details …
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