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By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Supreme Court cleared self-exiled former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of negligence on Monday, in a boost for an influential family whose party is back in power after a decade in the political wilderness. Yingluck, who has lived abroad since 2017 to avoid jail over a …

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By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), will kick off its annual session on Tuesday, with all eyes on plans to support growth in the world’s second largest economy. A property crisis, deepening deflation, a stock market rout, and mounting local government debt woes have pressured China’s leaders, so …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Malaysia is willing to re-open an investigation into one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370 in 2014, if there is compelling new evidence, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday. Malaysia, along with Australia and China, ended in January 2017 a fruitless two-year, $130-million underwater hunt …

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By Renju Jose and Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia said on Monday Indo-Pacific and Southeast Asian countries are facing serious defence threats as it set aside more funds for maritime security projects with ASEAN countries during a summit with regional leaders in Melbourne. Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced A$286.5 million ($186.7 million) in funding …

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By Danial Azhar and Mandy Leong KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia is pushing for a renewed search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the transport minister said on Sunday, as the 10th anniversary of its disappearance in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries approaches. Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, …

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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand has in the last week helped facilitate the transfer of some 900 Chinese nationals who had been trapped in scam centres in a Myanmar border town back to China, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Sunday. Southeast Asia, including Myanmar, has become a hub for telecom and other online fraud, according …

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(Reuters) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin and China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, said it was impossible to discuss a Ukraine settlement without Moscow’s participation, the Russian foreign ministry said on Sunday. The Chinese envoy met with Galuzin during his second trip to Europe promoting a political settlement of the Ukrainian …

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Shehbaz Sharif, returning as Pakistan’s prime minister for a second time on Sunday when his brother declined a fourth term, has played a crucial role holding together a disparate coalition for 16 months after rival Imran Khan was ousted. Sharif, 72, won a parliamentary vote for premier, resuming the role he had …

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