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Yang Hengjun, Australian given suspended death sentence in China, was charismatic blogger, spy novelist
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian blogger Yang Hengjun, appearing in a Beijing court on Monday to receive a suspended death sentence on espionage charges, looked "very thin, very fragile...
Feb 05, 2024
Georgia says it seized Russia-bound cargo of explosives sent from Ukraine
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's State Security Service said on Monday that it had seized a clandestine shipment of explosives bound for the Russian city of Voronezh from the Ukrainian port of Odesa. The...
Feb 05, 2024
Singapore passes law to hold 'dangerous offenders' beyond prison terms
By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore on Monday passed a law to hold "dangerous offenders" indefinitely, even after they complete their jail sentences. The legislation applies to those above ...
Feb 05, 2024
Hungary's Fidesz wants Swedish PM to visit before NATO bid is ratified
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Sweden's NATO bid could be ratified when Hungary's parliament reconvenes for a normal session, the ruling Fidesz party's parliamentary group said on Monday, addi...
Feb 05, 2024
Kremlin warns West against using frozen Russian assets as collateral for Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Monday warned the West that any attempt to use frozen Russian assets as collateral to raise funds for Ukraine would be illegal and lead to years of litigation because...
Feb 05, 2024
Kazakh president accepts government's resignation
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the government's resignation on Monday, his office said in a statement, naming Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar as acting prime min...
Feb 05, 2024
Pakistan election panel halts national carrier PIA's privatisation - Dawn
(Reuters) - Pakistan's election commission has halted the caretaker government's plans to privatise loss-making national carrier Pakistan International Airlines, the Dawn newspaper reported on Monday,...
Feb 05, 2024
Floods, landslides kill at least 20 people in southern Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) - At least 20 people have died after days of torrential rains in parts of the southern Philippines, provincial disaster agencies said on Monday. Thirteen people died in Davao de Oro p...
Feb 05, 2024
Kremlin gives nothing away about why Tucker Carlson might be in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Monday declined to say whether or not Russian President Vladimir Putin would grant an interview to U.S. journalist Tucker Carlson - or whether he was in Moscow. "We c...
Feb 05, 2024
About 40 killed in violence near disputed Sudan-South Sudan border
JUBA (Reuters) - About 40 people, many of them civilians, have been killed in violence in a disputed area on South Sudan's border with Sudan over the weekend and hundreds have sought refuge in a U.N. ...
Feb 05, 2024
