By Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) – New Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Monday laid out his vision to lift the Southeast Asian country into the high-income category by 2050, in his first public remarks at an international forum since taking office. The 45-year-old last month took over power from his father Hun Sen after …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan expects to restore power supply by late on Monday to thousands of homes cut off by Typhoon Haikui in the island’s south and east, where schools and businesses were shut, while domestic airlines cancelled all but a handful of flights. The first typhoon to directly hit Taiwan in four years, Haikui made …
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By Martin Quin Pollard, Laurie Chen and Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -Premier Li Qiang will lead China’s delegation at a G20 summit in New Delhi this weekend, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday, indicating President Xi Jinping would not attend and scuppering chances of a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden there. The Sept. 9-10 …
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By Soo-hyang Choi, Dogyun Kim and Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -About 50,000 South Korean teachers rallied in Seoul on Monday to demand better protection of their rights and spotlight what they called widespread harassment by overbearing parents that has spurred some colleagues to take their lives. After a young teacher was found dead in an …
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(Reuters) -Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s cloud division is weighing raising funds via a private round from Chinese state-owned enterprises ahead of the business’ market debut in Hong Kong, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. The tech giant is working with advisers on a potential fundraise by its Cloud Intelligence unit that could mop up about 10-20 …
By Ananda Teresia and Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) -Malaysia called on its Southeast Asian partners on Monday to impose “strong” measures against Myanmar’s ruling generals, saying “obstacles” they created had blocked a peace plan for the strife-torn country. The unusually blunt message from Malaysia came as top Southeast Asian diplomats met to review their regional …
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By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) -The United States expects to elevate its diplomatic relations with former foe Vietnam to the top level when President Joe Biden travels to Hanoi in a week, in a move that may irk China. Fearful of the potential reaction from its much larger neighbour, Vietnam had initially expressed caution about …
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(This Sept 3. story has been corrected to attribute information to officials with knowledge of the matter and not to the Foreign Ministry in paragraph 1) BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will miss a regional meeting of Asia’s leaders in Jakarta this week, two officials with knowledge of the matter said …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China has arrested the former head of its religious affairs regulator on suspicion of taking bribes, the official news agency Xinhua said on Monday, becoming the latest official felled in President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive. The decision to arrest Cui Maohu, the former official, was made a few days ago, the agency …
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By Philip Pullella ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Monday wrapped up a historic trip to Mongolia which took on international connotations because of his overtures to its neighbour China over freedom of religion. At the end of a Mass on Sunday, the pope sent greetings to China, calling its citizens a “noble” people and asking …
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