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MANILA, May 28 (Reuters) – A Philippine senator and son of a former president could soon face arrest after an anti-graft body charged him on Thursday of receiving illicit payouts in an infrastructure scandal that has slowed economic growth and hammered consumer and investor confidence.  The Office of the Ombudsman said Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has been indicted for plunder and violating anti-corruption laws after he earned “kickbacks” amounting to […]

SYDNEY, May 28 (Reuters) – The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has appointed a senior Reuters executive, Simon Robinson, as its director of news and current affairs, the two news organisations said on Thursday. Robinson, now executive editor at Reuters, will start with the Australian public broadcaster in September, ABC Managing Director Hugh Marks said in a statement released on the ABC’s website. A London-based Australian national, Robinson replaces Justin Stevens, who […]

By Yi-Chin Lee and Ann Wang KEELUNG, Taiwan, May 28 (Reuters) – A new ferry service to serve booming tourism between Taiwan and Japan began on Thursday on a ship that could be pressed into service to evacuate people on southern Japanese islands in the event of a war in the region. The Yaima Maru is one of the ships that Japan’s government this year put on a list of […]

May 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv remains open, it said on Thursday, denying reports about changes to its operations following warnings from Russia that diplomats and foreigners should leave the Ukrainian capital before it escalated attacks. Some Ukrainian media on Thursday cited remarks by European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas that the U.S. embassy had left the capital. Kallas told reporters on the sidelines of an […]

MORENO, Argentina (AP) — Analía Celis, a 34-year-old with intellectual disability and cerebral palsy, cannot walk, but sports therapy eased her taut muscles. She cannot work, but baking gave her a sense of independence. She struggles to speak, but painting with her peers helped her connect without words. Now President Javier Milei of Argentina has taken his signature chain saw to these specialized therapy programs that for decades have represented […]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia is suing U.S. conglomerate 3M for more than 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) over so-called “forever chemical” contamination from firefighting foam at defense bases. the government said on Thursday. The government’s largest-ever claim for compensation relates to contamination with per- and polyfluoroaklyl substances, known as PFAS, at 28 bases. Human-made PFAS are commonly referred to as “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down naturally. […]

ATHENS, May 28 (Reuters) – U.S. oil major Chevron has filed an official request to take over a 70% stake from Greece’s Helleniq Energy  in an offshore block west of Greece, the Greek energy ministry said on Thursday. (Reporting by Angeliki KoutantouEditing by Tomasz Janowski) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

BEIJING, May 28 (Reuters) – A Chinese delegation from the People’s Liberation Army National Defence University will attend Asia’s premier security forum, the Shangri-La Dialogue, to be held in Singapore from May 29 to 31, the Chinese defence ministry said on Thursday. The defence university’s Meng Xiangqing will head the Chinese delegation, the ministry’s spokesperson Jiang Bin told a press conference on Thursday. This marks the second year the Chinese […]

MOSCOW, May 28 (Reuters) – Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service, on Thursday accused the NATO military alliance of making practical preparations for what he called a “large-scale conflict in the east,” the state RIA news agency reported. Naryshkin was also cited as saying that the European Union was rapidly arming itself and turning into a military alliance “directed against Russia.” (Reporting by ReutersEditing by Andrew Osborn) […]