By Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Jindal Power has proposed to top a bid by Adani Power, led by billionaire Gautam Adani, for a thermal power plant, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, as India looks to drum up investment in coal-fired power. The tussle for the 1,980-megawatt plant in …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s housing ministry and financial regulator asked local governments to better coordinate with financial institutions to provide financing support to real estate projects, as policymakers work to revive the sluggish housing market. The two regulators announced a plan to set up a mechanism aimed at responding to the financing needs of real …
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By Rohith Nair DOHA (Reuters) – Australia and India have two of the longest-serving coaches at the Asian Cup and Saturday’s Group B opener between the teams promises to be a battle of styles between the pragmatic Aussies and an Indian side attempting to shed a defensive mindset. Australia come into the Asian Cup as …
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By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – A $30 billion gush of debt issuance by developing countries since the start of the year is sparking hope that some of the more pressed emerging market nations might be able to regain market access in 2024. Recent falls in global interest rates combined with a relatively lean couple …
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HANOI (Reuters) – A court in Vietnam jailed two former cabinet ministers on Friday and found dozens of officials guilty of bribery and mismanagement for their roles in a coronavirus test kit scandal, the ministry of public security said. Former Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long was sentenced to 18 years in prison for taking bribes …
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By Tim Kelly ABOARD JS OSUMI (Reuters) – Hikari Maruyama, Runa Kurosawa and Sawaka Nakano are part of an elite force: Japan’s Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), meant to lead assaults from the sea in a possible future war. They are also three of about 40 women in their 2,400-person unit. Living alongside a close-knit …
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he will definitely one day visit the Southern Kuril Islands which are at the centre of a dispute with Japan that has lasted since World War Two. Soviet troops seized the four islands off Japan’s Hokkaido at the end of World War Two and they …
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By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) -Chinese state media warned on Friday that a report by a prominent U.S. think tank on the military uses of Chinese scientific research across the Indian Ocean gave “ammunition” to countries bent on concocting threats from China. The report this week by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International …
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(Reuters) -A rebel alliance in northern Myanmar has agreed to a ceasefire with the ruling military during China-mediated talks, according to some of the parties involved, after a months-long coordinated offensive that threatened to weaken the junta’s grip on power. The military, which overthrew an elected government in 2021, has been battling an alliance of …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China has named Liu Zhenmin, a former vice foreign minister, as its new special envoy for climate change, after his predecessor Xie Zhenhua stepped down due to health reasons, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said in a statement on Friday. Xie, 74, served as China’s top climate representative at 16 rounds of …
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