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China Stop Reporting Youth Unemployment as Economic Pressures Mount

By Thomas Hale | Financial Times

China has said it will stop publishing data on youth unemployment, weeks after the gauge hit a record level, in a sign of mounting pressure on policymakers as new data pointed to weakness in the recovery of the world’s second-largest economy.

Thai Election Winners Reject Plea to Back Ally's 'Distorted' PM Bid

By Chayut Setboonsarng and Panarat Thepgumpanat | Reuters

Thailand's election-winning Move Forward Party declined on Tuesday to back former alliance partner Pheu Thai's bid to form the next government, calling it a distortion of the election outcome and against the will of the public.

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Chinese Defense Minister to Visit Russia and Belarus in Show of Support Despite West’s Objections

Associated Press

Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu is visiting Russia and Belarus in a show of support for those nations which the West has sought to isolate over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Pakistan Appoints Caretaker Prime Minster

By Farhan Bokhari | Financial Times

Pakistan has appointed Anwar ul-Haq Kakar, a little-known politician from its volatile western Balochistan province, to serve as caretaker prime minister until elections are held in the coming months.