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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:

Mizzima Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing in Moscow on 9 May, according to Chinese state media outlet CRI Myanmar. This marks their first in-person meeting since the February 2021 military coup in Myanmar. [1]

Much has changed since Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin last stood together atop Tiananmen Square in 2015. When they did so again this week, it was supposedly as equal partners. [2]

One year has passed since Rodrigo Duterte took office as president of the Philippines. Having focused on improving public security, mainly through a violent crackdown on drugs, his administration's overall performance remains far from satisfactory. [3]

Since taking office a year ago, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has pursued a stridently nationalist foreign policy that marks a departure from the multilateralism of his predecessor, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. [4]

Kathmandu [Nepal], January 13 (ANI): Nepal President Ram Chandra Paudel has summoned a session of the National Assembly for next week, the first since the September Gen-Z protest and the first since the dissolution of the House of Representatives. [5]

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[1] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-05-10 · 100% match

Myanmar junta leader and Chinese President meet in Moscow for first time since coup

Mizzima Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing in Moscow on 9 May, according to Chinese state media outlet CRI Myanmar. This marks their first in-person meeting since the February 2021 military coup in Myanmar.

[2] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 100% match

Limits of Xi, Putin's 'no-limits' alliance

Much has changed since Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin last stood together atop Tiananmen Square in 2015. When they did so again this week, it was supposedly as equal partners.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-07-27 · 100% match

Editorial: Duterte faces another tough year as president

One year has passed since Rodrigo Duterte took office as president of the Philippines. Having focused on improving public security, mainly through a violent crackdown on drugs, his administration's overall performance remains far from satisfactory.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-10-15 · 100% match

Shades of Sukarnoism in president's foreign policy

Since taking office a year ago, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has pursued a stridently nationalist foreign policy that marks a departure from the multilateralism of his predecessor, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

[5] MM myanmarnews.net · 98% match

Nepal President summons session of National Assembly for next week, first since Gen-Z protest

Kathmandu [Nepal], January 13 (ANI): Nepal President Ram Chandra Paudel has summoned a session of the National Assembly for next week, the first since the September Gen-Z protest and the first since the dissolution of the House of Representatives.

[6] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-01-30 · 96% match

Syria demands Israel pullout from Golan: state media

An Israeli army vehicle patrols near the fence leading into the UN-patrolled buffer zone, which separates Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights on January 5, 2025.

[7] MM globalvoices.org · 2025-05-08 · 96% match

Ecuador: Understanding the re-election of right-wing president Daniel Noboa · Global Voices

Collage made by Global Voices using Canva Pro. From left to right: Annabella Azín, member-elect of the National Assembly of Ecuador and mother of Daniel Noboa. Daniel Noboa, President-elect of Ecuador, and Lavinia Val

[8] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-05-09 · 82% match

Trump unveils UK trade deal, first since tariff blitz

AFP US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled a “historic” trade agreement Thursday, Trump’s first deal with any country since he unleashed a blitz of sweeping global tariffs.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-07-09 · 77% match

Law Giving Burma’s Central Bank Autonomy Due ‘Within Days’

RANGOON — Burma is expected to enact a law within days that will give more autonomy to the central bank, which is currently part of the Finance Ministry, a senior official in the President’s Office said on Tuesday.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-07-08 · 76% match

Duterte on track to become Philippines most popular president

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