BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived by private jet on Thursday to visit his northern hometown of Chiang Mai for the first time since fleeing the country after a military coup in 2006. The influential billionaire has loomed large over Thai politics for two decades, during which his family-backed Pheu Thai …
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By Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Behind the doors of a small, non-descript office in the heart of New Delhi lies the headquarters of an electoral trust run by just two men that is the largest-known donor to India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), according to a Reuters review of public records. The Prudent Electoral …
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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a military demonstration involving a new battle tank, state media KCNA reported on Thursday, in the latest show of force by the isolated state as South Korea and the United States wrapped up joint drills. Kim expressed “great satisfaction” that the new type …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China and NATO held an eighth military staff dialogue on security policy in Beijing on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Chinese defence ministry. The two sides exchanged views on defence matters between China and NATO, as well as the international and regional situation, the ministry said in the statement, without elaborating. …
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By Asif Shahzad and Ariba Shahid ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hold a second and last review of Pakistan’s $3 billion stand-by arrangement (SBA) this week, the finance ministry and the IMF said on Wednesday, during which the South Asian nation will ask for a new longer-term bailout. The four-day review begins …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany supports Thailand’s bid to become a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday with Thai Premier Srettha Thavisin at his side. Scholz, speaking with Srettha to reporters in Berlin, also said the two nations were working together to free their respective …
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By Liz Lee and Bernard Orr SANHE, China (Reuters) -A suspected gas leak caused a blast at a restaurant in China’s northern province of Hebei that ripped facades from buildings, damaged cars and scattered debris to kill two people and injure 26, state media and authorities said on Wednesday. The blast happened at about 8 …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday it was alarmed by what it described as insulting rhetoric and ultimatums directed at Moscow from the political leadership of Armenia and advised Yerevan to use the proper communications channels instead. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was reacting to a statement made the previous day by Armenian Prime …
JAKARTA (Reuters) – High tides hampered Indonesian rescue teams searching for a Taiwanese passport holder still missing after a passenger boat capsized in waters off the capital Jakarta on Monday, state media reported on Wednesday. The boat, carrying 35 people, capsized near the Kepulauan Seribu area of Jakarta after the vessel was hit by a …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional commission has called on the Biden administration to act against alleged forced labor involving North Korean workers in China’s fishing industry, saying seafood sales to U.S. consumers could be helping finance North Korea’s weapons programs. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? North Korea is under U.S.-led international sanctions, to which China …
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