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By Ayenat Mersie and Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) – East Africa’s economic powerhouse will hold elections on Aug. 9 to select a new president, parliament, county governors and assemblies. President Uhuru Kenyatta will be stepping down after serving his constitutionally allowed 10 years. Many voters want change, frustrated by corruption and skyrocketing prices. But both …

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By Rozanna Latiff and A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia is scrambling to protect its assets as the descendants of the last sultan of the remote Philippine region of Sulu look to enforce a $15 billion arbitration award in a dispute over a colonial-era land deal. In 1878, two European colonists signed a deal …

How Malaysia ended up owing $15 billion to a sultan’s heirs Read More »

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Russia’s ambassador to Japan paid his respects at a memorial in Hiroshima on Thursday saying he wanted to highlight Russia’s efforts to reduce nuclear arms and criticising a decision not to invite him to a commemoration on Saturday, media reported. Hiroshima became the first city to suffer an atomic …

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(Reuters) – Who is Brittney Griner and what is her fate? WHO IS BRITTNEY GRINER? Brittney Griner, 31, is a two-time Olympic champion and star player in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WBNA). Standing 206 cm (6 feet 9 inches) tall, the Texan was selected first overall by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2013 Women’s …

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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon on Thursday marks the second anniversary of the Beirut port explosion which killed at least 215 people, wounded thousands and damaged swathes of the capital. Despite the devastation wrought by the blast, one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded, a judicial investigation has brought no senior official to account. With …

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By Yimou Lee and Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) -China furiously condemned the highest-level U.S. visit to Taiwan in 25 years as House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed the self-ruled island as “one of the freest societies in the world” and pledged American solidarity. Beijing demonstrated its anger with Pelosi’s presence on an island that …

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By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) – The sight of the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arriving in Taiwan late on Tuesday was too much to bear for many mainland China internet users, who wanted a more muscular response from their government. “Going to bed yesterday night, I was so angry I could not …

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By Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) – A staunch defender of human rights and long-time China critic, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to meet rights activists in Taiwan on Wednesday, a move certain to ramp up already fraught tensions between Beijing and Washington. Among those she will meet are a Hong Kong …

Bookstore owner to ask Pelosi to help Hong Kongers at Taipei meeting Read More »

By John Davison and Tom Perry BAGHDAD (Reuters) -A power struggle in Iraq between the Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and rivals aligned with Iran is testing Tehran’s ability to stave off a conflict that could damage its interests and further destabilise the oil-rich country. With Sadr supporters camped out in parliament and his opponents protesting …

Analysis-Crisis in Iraq tests its stability and Iran’s sway Read More »