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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A prominent Cambodian opposition politician emerged Monday from his Supreme Court appeal to a crowd of cheering supporters, telling them he was anxious for judges to overturn his incitement conviction so that he could get back into politics. Rong Chhun, a top adviser to the Nation Power Party, was found guilty last year of inciting social unrest after he met villagers displaced by government construction […]

SYDNEY, June 15 (Reuters) – KPMG Australia has agreed it will not bid for any new federal government work for three months, the Department of Finance said on Monday, following whistleblower allegations the accounting firm misused confidential client information. A department spokesperson said KPMG will not seek any new government work from June 16 to September 30, while the firm’s governance, culture, ethics and integrity are being investigated. The move […]

PARIS, June 15 (Reuters) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday that the ceasefire agreement reached with Iran was “good news”, especially as it could lead to a re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz. “If this news is confirmed by developments in the coming days and the signing of a memorandum of understanding … it is good news. We can only welcome it,” Lagarde told France Culture […]

OSLO, June 15 (Reuters) – The stepson of Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon has been found guilty of two counts of rape and other crimes and is sentenced to four years in prison, an Oslo court ruled on Monday. Marius Borg Hoiby, 29, who joined the royal family when his mother Mette-Marit married Haakon in 2001, has pleaded not guilty to the most severe accusations against him, including those of rape, […]

By Tom Westbrook and Junko Fujita TOKYO, June 15 (Reuters) – War in the Middle East pushed the yen to the brink of multi-decade lows and prompted the government to prop it up — a peace deal, however, won’t pull it back from the precipice. Stocks and bonds soared on Monday on news of the planned Iran-U.S. halt to a war that has inflamed global inflation expectations, particularly in energy […]

BEIJING, June 15 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Beijing on Monday for a five-day visit at the invitation of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, China’s state media reported, marking his first trip to the world’s second-largest economy since being elected president. Min Aung Hlaing, 69, the former junta chief who was the architect of a 2021 coup that led to civil war in Myanmar and a wave of […]

The United States and Iran have reached an interim deal aimed at ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. There are plans for a signing of the deal on Friday in Switzerland. However, previous announcements fell through, and what the deal contained remained in dispute Monday. Here’s a timeline of the tensions over Iran’s atomic program: 1967 — Iran takes possession of the Tehran Research Reactor supplied by […]

In the shadow of Tennessee’s Signal and Lookout mountains, 8-year-old Beckham balanced on a fence for more than three hours, gripping a handwritten note and waiting for Spain’s national team to emerge. “I love you and I look up to you,” the note addressed to Pedri and Lamine Yamal read. “Thanks for coming to my city. I hope you win the World Cup.” As the players ran onto the field, […]

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Iranian Americans are torn over Iran’s participation in the World Cup, as some community members plan to watch Monday’s match and others plan to protest outside the stadium where the team will play. A rally is planned for outside the stadium near Los Angeles, home to the largest Iranian community outside Iran. Many of Southern California’s Iranian Americans arrived after the Islamic Revolution, and a hub […]