KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia is set to make a decision this month on jailed former prime minister Najib Razak’s application for a royal pardon, broadcaster Channel News Asia said on Wednesday. The former premier is serving a 12-year jail term for graft linked to state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), from which U.S. and …
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MANILA (Reuters) -The leaders of the Philippines and Indonesia met in Manila on Wednesday to discuss developments in the South China Sea and efforts to build closer ties among Southeast Asian nations, among a range of issues. The meeting comes after Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Tuesday her country was ready to work …
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By Yimou Lee and Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) -The launch of a Chinese satellite that flew over Taiwan, prompting an erroneous air raid alert, sparked a political storm on the island on Wednesday about China’s motives only days out from presidential elections. Taiwan’s presidential office said it did not consider the launch of a Chinese …
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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s main opposition party leader, Lee Jae-myung, said on Wednesday he hoped his stabbing would mark the end of the “politics of hate”, as police said the man accused of attacking him told them he wanted to stop Lee from becoming president. The opposition leader spoke after he was …
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By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a recent reply to a letter from an Iowa native whom he first met nearly four decades ago, said the world’s future demanded stability in Sino-U.S. ties, according to Chinese state media on Wednesday. Bilateral ties have sagged in recent years, slammed by a …
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By Sarah Wu KINMEN, Taiwan (Reuters) -Pointing at Xiamen’s skyscrapers across the water from his office, Chen Tsang-chiang recalled how 30 years ago the southern Chinese city was as low-slung as his Taiwanese island of Kinmen. In the following decades, the 68-year-old former politician watched the metropolis of 5 million people rise, while Kinmen’s forests, …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A liberal political party led by a former prime minister was set to form a new government in Bhutan after winning its fourth free vote since democratic elections began 15 years ago, provisional results by the country’s election body showed on Wednesday. Nestled between China and India, Bhutan is …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and China wrapped up two days of military talks in Washington on Tuesday, the Pentagon said, the latest engagement since the two countries agreed to resume military-to-military ties. Washington and Beijing are at loggerheads over everything from the future of democratically ruled Taiwan to territorial claims in the South China …
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MANILA (Reuters) -More than six million Catholic devotees in the Philippines turned up for this year’s procession to honour the Black Nazarene, turning the streets of the capital into a sea of maroon and yellow, in a grand display of religious devotion. The centuries-old tradition of paying homage to the black wooden statue of Jesus …
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PARIS (Reuters) -France accused Azerbaijan on Tuesday of holding a French national arbitrarily and demanded his immediate release after Baku’s envoy to France said the man had been arrested on suspicion of espionage. Ties between the two countries have been strained in recent months and have worsened since Azerbaijan took control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region …
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