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By Michael Church (Reuters) – Talking points for the week in Asian football: SHANGHAI PORT RECLAIM CSL TOP SPOT FROM NEIGHBOURS SHENHUA Shanghai Port moved back into first place in the Chinese Super League on Sunday after a 2-1 win over Zhejiang FC lifted them above neighbours Shanghai Shenhua. Both Shanghai clubs are on 17 points but Port top the standings having scored more goals than their rivals, with a […]

By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) – China will launch pilot projects in more than 20 cities to create a “new-era” marriage and childbearing culture to foster a friendly child bearing environment, the latest move by authorities to boost the country’s falling birth rate. China’s Family Planning Association, a national body that implements the government’s population and fertility measures, will launch the projects to encourage women to marry and have […]

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s opposition Move Forward and Pheu Thai parties trounced conservative parties backed by the country’s military in an election on Sunday, with the focus expected to shift quickly towards efforts to form a government. Following is reaction from political analysts and business groups. THITINAN PONGSUDHIRAK, CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY “The top two parties will be Pheu Thai and Move Forward.   “Pheu Thai fought the wrong war, the populism war […]

By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped on Monday as concerns about fuel demand at top global oil consumers U.S. and China offset optimism about tightening supplies from any OPEC+ cuts and a resumption in U.S. buying for reserves. Brent crude futures fell 43 cents, or 0.6%, to $73.74 a barrel by 0130 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $69.67 a barrel, down 37 cents, […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A tractor trailer and a van crashed on a highway in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas on Sunday morning, killing 26 people, local authorities said. The two vehicles crashed about half an hour outside of the state capital Ciudad Victoria and then caught on fire, the Tamaulipas’ public security ministry said. Once authorities arrived at the site of the crash, they found the truck carrying the […]

75 Years Later, Palestinian Families Remember the Nakba, Hope for Return   Survivors and descendants of the 1948-1949 Palestinian exodus, known as the Nakba, share their stories and hopes for returning to their ancestral lands   By Mohammad Al-Kassim/The Media Line   Decades after Habsa Abu Srour’s family fled their village, the 86-year-old still remembers what happened.   “We were sleeping in the house, shooting started, and they announced that […]

Turkey’s Young Voters Central to Its Election Results Pollsters suggest the values of Turkey’s youth are counter to many of Erdoğan’s policies, which may impact the election’s outcome By Kristina Jovanovski/The Media Line Walking out of a school-turned-polling station on Sunday in one of Istanbul’s liberal neighborhoods, Onur, 26, said he hoped Turkey’s hotly contested elections would mean a different society emerges on Monday. “It’s not about ideology but about […]

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s central bank rolled over maturing medium-term policy loans while keeping interest rates unchanged on Monday, matching market expectations. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said it was keeping the rate on 125 billion yuan ($18.08 billion) worth of one-year medium-term lending facility (MLF) loans to some financial institutions unchanged at 2.75% from the previous operation. In a Reuters poll of 30 market watchers conducted last week, […]

(Reuters) – Former world number one Jason Day said he had considered giving up on golf a couple of years ago after he ended his five-year title drought with a one-stroke victory at the Byron Nelson in Texas on Sunday. It was the Australian’s first win on the PGA Tour since the 2018 Wells Fargo Championship and his 13th in all since he won his maiden title, also at the […]