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By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s last major opposition party disbanded on Sunday after a vote by its members, the culmination of Chinese pressure on the city’s remaining liberal voices in a years-long security crackdown. The Democratic Party has been Hong Kong’s flagship opposition since its founding …

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BANGKOK, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Thailand’s military said it was considering blocking fuel exports to Cambodia, as fighting between the two countries spread to coastal areas of a disputed border region two days after U.S. President Donald Trump said the sides had agreed to a new ceasefire. The Southeast Asian neighbours have resorted to arms …

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(Corrects governor’s comment in paragraph 7) By Chantha Lach OU CHROV DISTRICT, Cambodia, Dec 14 (Reuters) – At nine months pregnant, 27-year-old Suang Sreang fears she will have to give birth in a rudimentary displacement camp after fleeing fighting between Cambodian and Thai troops along their disputed border. The Cambodian national is among tens of …

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BANGKOK, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Thailand’s leader vowed on Saturday to keep fighting on the disputed border with Cambodia as fighter jets struck targets hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had brokered a new ceasefire. Caretaker Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the Southeast Asian nation would “continue to perform military actions until …

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NANJING, China, Dec 13 (Reuters) – China held a low-key memorial ceremony on Saturday for the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, with President Xi Jinping not attending, despite a diplomatic crisis between Beijing and Tokyo over Taiwan. Beijing has raged at Tokyo since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said last month that a hypothetical Chinese attack on Chinese-claimed …

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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Two exiled democracy activists wanted by Hong Kong say police in Australia and Britain are investigating fake, sexualised images used to target them in a campaign of harassment. Former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui, who was granted asylum in Australia, said Australian authorities were investigating a sexualised …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Panarat Thepgumpanat WASHINGTON/BANGKOK, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Thailand and Cambodia have agreed “to cease all shooting” effective Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said after calls with the countries’ leaders to try to salvage a ceasefire he brokered earlier this year after a fifth day of fighting.   Trump said he had spoken …

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