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By Ananda Teresia (Reuters) -Southeast Asian foreign ministers on Monday pressed for an end to Myanmar’s bloody conflict and expressed unity in their backing for a regional peace plan and a “Myanmar-owned and led solution” to the crisis. In a statement after an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) retreat, the ministers gave support for …

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(Corrects trade value in paragraph 7 to 3 trillion, not 3 million) MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Monday denied China had a “temporary special arrangement” with Manila to allow the delivery of supplies to Philippine troops occupying a disputed South China Sea reef, calling it “a figment of imagination”. The Chinese coastguard said on …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Monday that it would “seriously” study resuming a previous visa-free arrangement for Japanese visitors to China. China also hopes Japan will work with Beijing to make cross-border travel between both countries easier, Wang Wenbin, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, said at a regular news conference. Wang was …

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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. struck back on Monday at his firebrand predecessor Rodrigo Duterte who called him a “drug addict”, saying the former leader’s fentanyl use could have affected his judgment. “I think it’s the fentanyl,” Marcos told reporters shortly before leaving for Vietnam in response to claims made by Duterte …

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HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s Supreme Court and Hong Kong’s Department of Justice said on Monday that they signed an arrangement on the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgements in civil and commercial cases effective immediately in both places. The arrangement reduces the need for parties to re-litigate the same dispute in the mainland and …

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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Papua New Guinea is in early talks with China on a potential security and policing deal, Foreign Minister Justin Tkachenko told Reuters, weeks after deadly riots in the South Pacific nation’s capital. Amid jostling between Washington and Beijing for influence in the Pacific, the biggest Pacific Islands nation, Papua …

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By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s King Al-Sultan Abdullah has called for government stability, warning that the country risked losing investors and falling behind its competitors due to prolonged political turmoil. In a rare, wide-ranging interview with local and foreign media this month, Al-Sultan Abdullah – who will step down from the throne …

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