Philippine court clears fierce Duterte critic of drugs charges after long legal battle and six years of police custody
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(Reuters) -- Chinese conglomerate Fosun International will buy the remaining stake in Shanghai Henlius Biotech it does not already own in a deal that values the Hong Kong-listed drugmaker at $13.37 billion Hong Kong dollars ($1.71 billion), the companies said on Monday.
TEHRAN -- Conservative candidates seeking closer ties to China and Russia are leading opinion polls ahead of Iran's presidential election on Friday, which has drawn limited interest from voters disillusioned by the country's continued economic woes.
China is employing "gray zone tactics" against the Philippines at the contested Second Thomas Shoal reef, a move likely aimed at avoiding U.S. intervention in the region, according to Lowy Institute's Rahman Yaacob.
Indonesia will cut off access points to websites operating out of Cambodia and Davao City in the Philippines that are suspected of being linked to online gambling.
A fire at a lithium battery factory near Seoul on Monday killed at least 16 workers and left six others missing, officials said.
KUALA LUMPUR -- Two Southeast Asian nations, Malaysia and Thailand, have recently revealed their plans to join the BRICS grouping of emerging nations as middle power countries seek to maneuver amid growing geopolitical uncertainties, including the U.S.-China tensions.
MANILA (AP) --The president of the Philippines said Sunday his country would not yield to "any foreign power" after Chinese forces injured Filipino navy personnel and damaged at least two military boats with machetes, axes and hammers in a clash in the disputed South China Sea, but added the Philippines would never instigate a war.