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Turkey detains six suspected of spying on Uyghurs for China

20 Feb 2024

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have detained six people suspected of spying on Uyghurs in Turkey for China’s intelligence service, and another suspect was being sought by police, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday. Prosecutors in Istanbul identified seven people believed to be gathering information on notable individuals from the Uyghur community and some …

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Australian writer Yang Hengjun won’t appeal suspended death sentence in China – family

20 Feb 2024

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian writer Yang Hengjun will not appeal a suspended death sentence in China because the process would delay the possibility of supervised medical care, his family said in a statement on Wednesday. A pro-democracy blogger and spy novelist, Yang is an Australian citizen born in China who was working …

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Defeated Indonesian election candidates call for parliamentary probe

20 Feb 2024

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Two unsuccessful candidates in last week’s Indonesian presidential election have urged parliament to look into complaints of irregularities in the run-up to the event. The call comes despite comments by independent observers that there were no signs of systematic fraud in the world’s biggest single-day election, apart from matters such as outdated …

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Soccer-Japan’s Nadeshiko head to Jeddah for Olympic qualifier against North Korea

20 Feb 2024

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s women’s team are flying to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for the first leg of their Paris Olympics qualifier against North Korea even though they have not yet received confirmation of the venue, the Japanese Football Association (JFA) said. The match, which will go half way to deciding which of the two …

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Ukraine PM calls for fresh sanctions on Russia after Navalny’s death

20 Feb 2024

By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – Ukraine’s prime minister urged the European Union and Japan on Tuesday to impose fresh economic sanctions on Russia after the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The comments came after EU nations, such as Germany, Lithuania and Sweden, sought specific new penalties following Navalny’s death in a remote …

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Taliban refuses to join UN-sponsored meeting on Afghanistan

19 Feb 2024

DOHA (Reuters) – A United Nations-sponsored conference on Afghanistan aimed at improving dialogue with the country’s Taliban rulers has ended after the administration’s representatives failed to show up. The Taliban-led foreign office refused to attend the meeting in Doha when the U.N. rejected its demand to act as Afghanistan’s sole official representative, United Nations Secretary …

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Japan and Ukraine start talks on investment treaty, PM says

19 Feb 2024

By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan said on Monday it had started negotiating an investment treaty with Ukraine and vowed to keep up support for the reconstruction of the country almost two years after Russia’s invasion.  Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also pledged a new bilateral tax treaty, support for venture capital companies in Ukraine …

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China coast guard boarded Taiwanese boat near frontline islands, Taiwan says

19 Feb 2024

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese coast guard personnel briefly boarded a Taiwanese tourist boat near Taiwan-controlled islands next to China’s coast on Monday, the government in Taipei said, in an escalation of tensions after China said it would carry out regular patrols. China announced on Sunday that its coast guard would strengthen law enforcement activity around …

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Analysis-Parole for Thailand’s Thaksin reflects rise of new threat to old guard

19 Feb 2024

By Panu Wongcha-um and Kay Johnson BANGKOK (Reuters) – The early release of Thailand’s once-fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra represents to many a deal the influential billionaire made with his enemies to counter an even greater threat to the royalist-military establishment. To some observers of Thailand’s convoluted politics, Thaksin’s parole after returning from self-imposed exile …

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Pakistan’s Imran Khan-backed candidates to join Sunni party -interim party chief

19 Feb 2024

KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Independent candidates backed by Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister that won seats in inconclusive elections over 10 days ago will join the minority Sunni Ittehad Council Political Party to form a government, the party’s interim chief said on Monday. The interim chief, Barrister Gohar Khan, said at a news briefing the decision to …

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