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By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) – A quiet retirement for Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is unlikely when he makes way for successor Ferdinand Marcos Jr., but efforts to put him on trial for thousands of killings in his “war on drugs” appear unlikely to prosper. Duterte’s daughter, Sara Duterte-Carpio, helped get …

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By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – On Monday morning, hundreds of supporters gathered at the prime minister’s official residence in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital of Colombo where they urged Mahinda Rajapaksa not to resign. Arguably the country’s most powerful man, and scion of the dynasty to which his younger brother, President Gotabaya …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday barred the government from using a colonial-era sedition law, that critics say is often used to stifle dissent, pending a review. The 152-year-old law, which the British colonial government used against Mahatma Gandhi and other leaders of a campaign for independence, remained on the books after …

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By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) – There may be more fires in electric scooters in the future but such incidents are very rare, the chief executive of India’s Ola Electric said at a private company event, after safety concerns were heightened by a fire in one of its scooters in March. Ola’s e-scooter fire …

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COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s armed forces were ordered on Tuesday to shoot at any persons damaging public property or threatening lives, Defence Ministry spokesman Nalin Herath said. The island nation has been rocked by a bout of violence that has left at least eight people dead and 200 injured amid its worst economic crisis …

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GENEVA (Reuters) – Members of the World Health Organization’s European region passed a resolution on Tuesday that could result in the closure of Russia’s regional office and the suspension of meetings in the country in response to its invasion of Ukraine. The special session of the European region passed the resolution, supported by Ukraine and …

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By Martin Petty (Reuters) – Ferdinand Marcos Jr has swept an election in the Philippines and will begin a six-year term as president at the end of June, capping off his family’s decades-long quest to regain power after it was driven out in a 1986 uprising. Below is what to expect from a Marcos presidency. …

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