By Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam and the Philippines agreed on Tuesday to boost cooperation between their coastguards and to prevent untoward incidents in the South China Sea, in an announcement during a state visit to Hanoi by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The two Southeast Asian countries have competing claims over some parts of the …
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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol blocked on Tuesday a bill to launch a new probe into a Halloween crowd crush that killed 159 people in Seoul’s Itaewon district in 2022, in a move slammed by the opposition and relatives of the victims. Yoon’s office announced his veto of conducting …
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By Greg Torode and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s government announced on Tuesday that it hopes to swiftly pass new national security laws. A public consultation document was also released. A deadline for its eventual passage into law has yet to be announced. WHAT ARE THE NEW LAWS LIKELY TO INVOLVE? The …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is the “security partner of choice” for neighbouring Papua New Guinea (PNG), Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday, after the biggest Pacific Island nation said China was seeking a policing and security deal. Major trade partner China approached PNG in September with an offer to assist its police force with …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – A woman converted bitcoin into cash and property to help launder the proceeds of a 5 billion pound ($6.3 billion) fraud which was perpetrated in China, prosecutors told a London court on Monday. Wen Jian is charged with helping to hide the source of money alleged to have been …
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By Chris Gallagher TOKYO – Three foreign-born residents of Japan filed a lawsuit on Monday against the national and local governments over alleged illegal questioning by police based on racial profiling. It is the first such lawsuit in Japan, according to the plaintiffs’ lawyers, and comes amid a sharp rise in the number of foreign …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Members of a dissident Russian rock band critical of the war in Ukraine are facing possible deportation home from Thailand after they were arrested in the resort island of Phuket for working without a permit, several officials told Reuters on Monday. Human rights activists fear the self-exiled rock band Bi-2 would face …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Monday called for greater support for listed companies in an effort to help stabilise capital markets, the Xinhua News Agency reported, amid a protracted stock market rout. Chinese policymakers have taken steps to support the country’s stock markets following recent sharp falls. “Listed companies are an …
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By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan and Iran on Monday said they respected each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and would expand security cooperation, bidding to mend ties after tit-for-tat missile strikes at what they said were militant targets. Foreign ministers of the two countries held talks in the Pakistani capital days after their …
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DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh reported on Monday its first fatality this year from the brain-damaging Nipah virus when a man died after drinking raw date juice. The virus, transmitted to humans through contact with bodily fluids of infected bats, pigs or other people, was first identified in 1999 during an outbreak affecting farmers and others …
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