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BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Wednesday it would speed up science and technology innovation in the agriculture sector, to help boost self-reliance in agricultural technology amid food security concerns. The country will expand efforts at developing “new productive forces” through science and tech innovation in agriculture, the ministry of agriculture and rural affairs said, …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s cabinet on Wednesday issued details of its plan to promote large-scale equipment upgrades and sales of consumer goods, one of a series of steps China is taking to boost the economy which has struggled to recover from the COVID pandemic. The consumer goods trade-in plan will cover automobiles and home appliances, …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian state banks will provide loans subsidised by the government to food procurement companies to ensure adequate supplies of rice and other staples, as harvests were disrupted by prolonged dry weather, an official said on Wednesday. State banks will prepare a total of 28.7 trillion rupiah ($1.84 billion) in credit this year, …

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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal won a parliamentary vote of confidence on Wednesday, a week after he formed his third coalition in just over a year to head a government which is dominated by the liberal communists. Dahal, a former Maoist guerrilla leader in the Himalayan nation sandwiched …

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By Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian presidential candidate Anies Baswedan plans to file a case at the country’s Constitutional Court contesting the results of last month’s election, he told reporters on Wednesday. Unofficial results show Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, who had the influential backing of incumbent President Joko Widodo’s, won the Feb. 14 poll with …

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By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Kairos, a small, solid-fuel rocket made by Japan’s Space One, exploded just seconds into its inaugural launch on Wednesday as the firm tried to become the first Japanese company to put a satellite in orbit. The setback for Space One and the rocket industry in Japan comes as the government …

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By Michael Martina and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China could use social media app TikTok to influence the 2024 U.S. elections, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told a House of Representatives intelligence committee hearing on Tuesday. Asked by Democratic Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi if China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) would use TikTok to influence …

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