Chinese-funded airport in Nepal, India’s ‘sleepless night’

While India’s relations with Bangladesh are in turmoil, Nepal is raising concerns about New Delhi and increasing its hostility with China. Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli recently returned home after a four-day visit to China. He told reporters at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Friday that China-Nepal relations have further strengthened during this […]

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Singapore: 2025 medical inflation rate projected to be 12%, as high as in 2024

Singapore’s medical inflation rate is projected to be 12.0% in 2025, as high as in 2024. While the trend may be slightly cooling, it is projected to remain elevated over the longer term, according to a report released by WTW, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company. WTW, in its Global Medical Trends Survey […]

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Netanyahu orders military to ‘seize’ Syria buffer zone

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he had ordered the Israeli military to “seize” a demilitarised buffer zone on the border with Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, reports AFP. The Israeli premier said a 50-year-old “disengagement agreement” between the two countries had collapsed and “Syrian forces have abandoned their positions”. […]

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Taiwan reports near doubling of Chinese warships nearby

China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has been angered by visits by President Lai Ching-te to Hawaii and the US territory of Guam as part of a Pacific tour. Lai returned from the week-long trip on Friday night. Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Sunday that China had nearly doubled the number […]

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S Korean opposition leader says will try again to impeach president on 14 Dec

South Korea’s main opposition party will try again on 14 December to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, its leader Lee Jae-myung said Sunday. “Yoon, the principal culprit behind the insurrection and military coup that destroyed South Korea’s constitutional order, must either resign immediately or be impeached without delay,” Lee told reporters. “On 14 December, our […]

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China starts buying gold reserves again after 6 month pause

The resumption in purchases shows the People’s Bank of China is still keen to diversify its reserves and guard against currency depreciation, even with gold at historically expensive levels. China’s central bank expanded its gold reserves in November, ending a six-month pause in purchases after prices for the precious metal rose to a record. Bullion […]

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Mongolia and the UAE Exchange Views on Expanding Bilateral Relations and Cooperation

On December 5, 2024, during his working visit to the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister of Mongolia Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai paid a courtesy call on Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates. At the meeting, the two sides discussed a wide range of issues related to expanding and developing Mongolia-UAE relations […]

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