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By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala is considering reaching out to develop formal trade ties with China, the Central American country’s foreign minister told Reuters on Monday, although it plans to maintain its existing relations with Taiwan. The Central American country is one of a handful of Taiwan’s remaining allies, as countries increasingly side …

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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s attorney general is considering prosecuting convicted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra over an alleged insult of the powerful monarchy, an official said on Tuesday, just weeks away from his possible release on parole. The complaint concerns a 2015 interview he gave while in South Korea and was filed by a junta …

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By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -A new Thailand-led humanitarian initiative aims to pave the way for talks between warring camps in military-ruled Myanmar, a senior Thai official said, three years after a coup triggered instability and a wave of violence across the country. Thailand plans to establish a humanitarian safe zone later this month at …

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MANILA (Reuters) – The Chinese government does not tolerate any form of cyberattacks and will not allow any country or individual to engage in such illegal activities using Chinese infrastructure, its embassy in the Philippines said. It made the assurances after the Philippines on Monday said that hackers from China last month attempted to break …

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By Asif Shahzad and Ariba Shahid LAHORE/KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Days before Pakistan’s Feb. 8 election, a masked and headscarf-clad Komal Asghar led a team of similarly dressed women through alleys in the eastern city of Lahore. Their mission: to knock on doors and distribute campaign pamphlets adorned with photos of jailed former prime minister, …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) -A Beijing court on Monday handed Australian writer Yang Hengjun a suspended death sentence, threatening a recent rebound in bilateral ties that followed several years of strained relations between Beijing and Canberra. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in November was the first Australian leader to visit China in seven years, hoping to improve relations …

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