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By Kantaro Komiya and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Embattled Japanese premier Fumio Kishida pledged on Monday to restore trust in his government amid reports he is planning to purge ministers embroiled in a fundraising scandal that has dealt a fresh blow to his sagging public support. The allegations that some lawmakers received thousands of dollars …

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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said on Monday the Pacific Islands nation, which he sees as a buffer between Asia and the Pacific, had not held talks with China on security after signing a security agreement with neighbour Australia last week. Marape said that Papua New Guinea had …

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By Alasdair Pal (Reuters) – New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Monday he would draw the country closer to intelligence partners the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia, part of a renewed focus on security under the new right-of-centre government. The four countries, which together with New Zealand are known as the Five …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian defence minister and presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto has extended a commanding lead in the polls ahead of February’s election, with a series of recent surveys showing the former general now has a more than 20-point lead. The latest poll, released by Kompas on Monday, showed that Prabowo and his running mate, …

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By Francesco Guarascio and Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) -China and Vietnam are set to agree this week on upgraded rail links and other infrastructure, possibly including digital projects, officials said, in moves that would bring Hanoi closer to Beijing as great powers jostle for influence in Vietnam. The announcements are expected during President Xi Jinping’s …

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