BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn swore in Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and cabinet ministers in a coalition government made up of 11 parties on Tuesday. Srettha, whose Pheu Thai party leads the coalition, and 33 cabinet ministers pledged their loyalty to the monarchy during the ceremony at the Dusit Palace in Bangkok. The …
By Charlotte Greenfield (Reuters) – The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) had to cut rations to another 2 million Afghans this month and is warning of a “catastrophic” winter if funding runs out with little food for remote communities in place, the agency’s country director said. The cut in rations comes amidst growing alarm over …
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By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may soon meet with President Vladimir Putin and discuss potential arms deals, a U.S. national security official has said, signalling deeper ties between the two countries as they face off with Washington. As Russia’s isolation over its war in Ukraine has grown, analysts …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the possibility of supplying weapons for the war in Ukraine, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing U.S. and allied sources. Kim would travel from Pyongyang, probably by armored train, …
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By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan has told the World Trade Organization (WTO) that China’s ban on Japanese seafood after the release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant was “totally unacceptable”, the Japanese foreign ministry said late on Monday. In a counterargument to China’s Aug. 31 notification to WTO on its measures to …
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By Hanna Rantala VENICE (Reuters) – Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi felt he needed a break after promoting two back-to-back hits, so he vanished into the Japanese countryside to make a new movie, “Evil Does Not Exist”, which premiered at Venice on Monday. Hamaguchi won an Oscar for best international film with “Drive My Car” in 2022 …
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By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will invest up to $25 billion in Pakistan over the next two to five years in various sectors, Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said on Monday, adding his government would also revive a stalled privatisation process. The South Asian nation is embarking on a tricky …
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By Aftab Ahmed, Krishn Kaushik and YP Rajesh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Deeper and more entrenched divisions over Russia’s war in Ukraine risk derailing progress on issues such as food security, debt distress and global cooperation on climate change when the world’s most powerful nations meet this weekend in New Delhi. The hardened stance on …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Leaders of the world’s richest and most powerful countries will attend the two-day G20 Summit in India’s capital New Delhi starting September 9. This is the first time India will host such a powerful group of world leaders. The capital has been adorned with ornamental flowers and fountains at traffic roundabouts while …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Monday called for putting the country’s affordable housing under “strict closed management” and prohibiting it from being listed for trading, in a bid to help shore up the long-term supply of low-cost homes. Beijing has been taking steps to increase the supply of affordable housing in …
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