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Exclusive-China tells Ukraine to remove its firms from ‘sponsors of war’ list

1 Feb 2024

By Tom Balmforth, Pavel Polityuk and Liz Lee KYIV/BEIJING (Reuters) -China demanded on Thursday that Ukraine immediately remove more than a dozen Chinese companies from a list of firms designated as “international sponsors of war”, saying it wanted Kyiv to “eliminate negative impacts”. The remarks came after Reuters reported that China’s ambassador in Kyiv had …

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Pakistan vows to hold polls as planned despite violence

1 Feb 2024

By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s national election will go ahead as scheduled next Thursday despite security challenges, the election commission said on Thursday following a meeting to discuss increasing pre-poll violence in the west of the country. The meeting included top security officials to discuss the clashes in the provinces of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and …

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Ailing Myanmar ex-leader Suu Kyi in ‘good spirits’ in solitary, says son – media

1 Feb 2024

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s detained former leader and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is in good spirits in solitary confinement “even if her health is not as good as it was in the past”, her son was quoted on Thursday as saying. Kim Aris said he’d received a photograph of a hand-written letter via the …

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UK sanctions Myanmar military-linked enterprises and divisions

1 Feb 2024

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Thursday imposed sanctions on military units and enterprises involved in what it said were “serious human rights violations” and the repression of civilians in Myanmar. The sanctions targeted military divisions and two state-owned enterprises affiliated with Myanmar’s security forces, Britain’s Foreign Office said. Britain said it had sanctioned a total …

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India opposition accuses government of crackdown after minister’s arrest

1 Feb 2024

By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s opposition parties accused the government on Thursday of targeting their leaders in the build-up to elections after the financial crime agency arrested a state chief minister on corruption charges, the latest in a series of investigations. Hemant Soren, Chief Minister of the eastern state of Jharkhand, denied any …

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Ex-PM Imran Khan’s leak of secret cable hurt Pakistan – court ruling

1 Feb 2024

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan’s leaking of a secret diplomatic cable hurt the South Asian nation economically, politically and diplomatically, said a detailed court judgment issued on Thursday after a guilty verdict that sentenced him to 10 years in jail. The special court convicted Khan on Tuesday for …

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Indonesia leader accused of bias, interference in presidential election

1 Feb 2024

By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian President Joko Widodo is facing mounting public criticism over his perceived political interference and lack of neutrality as he campaigns for the leading candidate in this month’s presidential election. While Jokowi, as the president is known, has not explicitly endorsed any of the three candidates in …

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Taiwan elects parliament speaker ruling party views as pro-China

1 Feb 2024

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s parliament on Thursday elected a former presidential candidate for the largest opposition party as its new speaker, who will be responsible for hosting visiting foreign lawmakers and who the ruling party has said is pro-China. The Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Lai Ching-te last month won the presidential election but the party lost …

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Fatigue sets in for Japan earthquake survivors facing long road to recovery

1 Feb 2024

By Sakura Murakami and Tom Bateman SUZU, Japan (Reuters) – Moments after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck western Japan on New Year’s Day, Yoshimi Tomita was trapped in the dark under the roof of her collapsed house, feeling the sharp edges of protruding nails. “I was thinking, if I’m going to get crushed I hope …

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North Korean delegation to visit Moscow, Russian lawmaker says

1 Feb 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A North Korean delegation will visit the lower house of Russia’s parliament on Feb 13, state news agency RIA quoted a deputy from the opposition Communist Party as saying on Thursday. Communist lawmaker Kazbek Taysaev also said that a Russian parliamentary delegation planned to travel to North Korea in March. Russia has …

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