By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) was racing against time to rescue more passengers from a vessel that capsized near Manila in strong winds on Thursday with the loss of at least 25 lives, officials said. It was not immediately clear how many people were on board, but disaster official …
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By Philip Pullella (Reuters) – The Vatican and Vietnam have agreed to have a Resident Papal Representative in Hanoi, they said on Thursday, a step years in the making that could lead to full diplomatic relations with the communist-run country and provide a model for ties with China. The move, first reported by Reuters on …
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By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to host the leaders of Japan and South Korea in a trilateral summit at Camp David next month, the co-chair of the U.S. congressional caucus on Korea said on Thursday. Democratic congressman Ami Bera told a Washington think tank he anticipated the summit …
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By Kanishka Singh and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China is helping Russia evade Western sanctions and likely providing Moscow with military and dual-use technology for use in Ukraine, according to an unclassified U.S. intelligence report released on Thursday. The assessment by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) was published by the …
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By A. Ananthalakshmi and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s conservative Muslim opposition is confident of making gains against Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government in upcoming regional polls, as it woos more of the country’s majority Malays, its leader Muhyiddin Yassin said on Thursday. Six of Malaysia’s thirteen states will hold elections on Aug. …
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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday he will step down and hand over power to his son next month, ending a near four-decade reign during which he established stability after years of war but stifled democracy in the process. One of the world’s longest ruling leaders, Hun Sen made the …
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HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam’s popular online magazine Zing News, affiliated with one of the country’s top digital groups, VNG Corp, said on Thursday it had to suspend publications for three months after a government investigation. The Communist-ruled country is stepping up a crackdown on media, with plans also to limit social media accounts that post news-related …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s government said on Thursday that China had released a Taiwanese citizen who had been detained on charges of spying, and that he had already left the country. China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has stepped up political and military pressure over the past four years to try …
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MANILA (Reuters) – China has offered to hold joint military exercises with the Philippines, local media reported on Thursday, quoting Manila’s military chief. Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief Romeo Brawner will study the offer which was presented to him by China’s ambassador to Manila, CNN Philippines and state-run PTV reported. “They said they submitted …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A Norwegian woman and her sherpa guide climbed Mount K2 in Pakistan on Thursday, their 14th highest mountain in just over three months, becoming the world’s fastest climbers to scale all peaks above 8,000 metre (26,246 feet) in the shortest time, an official of their Nepali organising company said. …
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