By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani high court will next week take up a plea from former prime minister Imran Khan for the suspension of a three-year prison sentence on corruption charges, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Khan was jailed this month after his conviction for corruption and then barred from politics for …
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By Josh Smith and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s claim on Wednesday that U.S. soldier Travis King fled racism and abuse in America comes as Pyongyang pushes back on Washington’s criticism of the North’s human rights record. North Korea broke nearly a month of silence on King, who is Black, issuing a state …
By Stefanno Sulaiman and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) -The speaker of Indonesia’s upper house of parliament said on Wednesday it was important for the country to discuss ways to delay elections during crises, as well as restore the legislative body’s position as the state’s highest institution. Analysts have said restoring the upper house’s position could …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China called on Wednesday for more measures to protect its crops after warning that the recent floods in its grain-producing northeast region could worsen diseases and infestations. So far, diseases and pest infestations were “relatively light” with no significant impact on the autumn grain production, the agricultural ministry said in a statement, …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a request from the election winning Move Forward Party to review a parliamentary decision that blocked its prime ministerial candidate from being re-nominated. The move all but kills off any hope of the progressive Move Forward leading the next government and paves the way for the …
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By Chayut Setboonsarng and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a request from the election winning Move Forward Party to review a parliamentary decision that blocked its prime ministerial candidate from being re-nominated. The move all but kills off any hope of the progressive Move Forward leading the next government and …
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By Christopher Bing and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Representative Don Bacon late on Monday said the FBI had warned him that his emails had been hacked by Chinese spies, with both personal and campaign messages compromised. Bacon was told the Chinese Communist Party had access to his accounts for about a month ending …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) should recognize gender discrimination in Afghanistan as a crime against humanity and investigate it with the aim of prosecuting those responsible, U.N. global education envoy Gordon Brown said on Tuesday. On the second anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power as U.S.-led forces …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s fertility rate is estimated to have dropped to a record low of 1.09 in 2022, the National Business Daily said on Tuesday, a figure likely to rattle authorities as they try to boost the country’s declining number of new births. The state-backed Daily said the figure from China’s Population and Development …
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(Reuters) – Rescue teams in northern Myanmar have found 22 bodies following a huge landslide at the weekend near a jade mine, a rescue worker and a local journalist said on Tuesday. There were 42 people declared missing, many of them scavengers searching for small pieces of jade, according to Tar Lin Maung, a local …
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