Head, deputy head of Indonesia’s new capital city authority resign, minister says

  The resignations come ahead of President Joko Widodo’s planned celebration at the new capital, called Nusantara, on Indonesia’s Independence Day on August 17. The head and deputy head of Indonesia’s new capital city authority, who oversee the $32 billion project, have resigned, the state secretariat minister said on Monday. The resignations come ahead of […]

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South Korea’s Yoon hosts Africa summit to tap minerals, vast export market

South Korea is one of the world’s largest energy buyers and is home to leading semiconductor producers and the world’s fifth largest automaker making a push for electrification. Partnership with Africa with 30% of the world’s critical minerals including chrome, cobalt and manganese is crucial, Yoon’s office said. Africa’s rich mineral resources and its potential […]

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South Korea to suspend military agreement with North Korea over trash balloons

North Korea has launched hundreds of balloons carried by wind across the border that dropped trash throughout South Korea, which called it a provocation and rejected Pyongyang’s claim it was done to inconvenience its neighbour. A plastic bag carrying various objects including what appeared to be trash that crossed inter-Korean border with a balloon believed […]

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Japan, EU agree to work on creating hydrogen demand and supply

Japan and the European Union on Monday agreed to work together on policies related to creating demand and supply for clean hydrogen as well as to cooperate in advancing technologies to develop the new fuel, a joint statement said. Japan sees hydrogen as a new and cleaner source to gradually substitute liquefied natural gas (LNG), […]

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Al Jazeera Analysis: Why Boothfert Polls Predict BJP’s Record Win

India’s one-and-a-half-month-long Lok Sabha elections ended last Saturday (June 1). A few hours after the end of the election, various polls were published in the evening. Most polls predict that 73-year-old Narendra Modi is on course for a third consecutive term as prime minister and his party, the BJP, is set to return to power […]

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Chinese forces prepared to use force to prevent Taiwan’s independence

China’s military is ready to use force to prevent Taiwan’s independence. The country’s defense minister, Dong Jun, made such a comment. He made this comment while speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue conference in Singapore on Sunday (June 2). Al Jazeera news. Chinese Defense Minister Dong said that Taiwan is also at the root of China’s […]

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What is the interest of Egypt in protecting Israel?

Recently, the question has been raised everywhere – Why are the states that once united and fought against Israel now silent on the Palestinian issue? Even bordering Egypt and Jordan are silent on Israel posing a serious threat to themselves. Where is the reason? And what is the interest of Egypt to protect Israel? The […]

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33 poll workers die of heatstroke in India

33 election officials died in Uttar Pradesh on the last day of India’s Lok Sabha elections due to heatstroke in intense heat. Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa informed about this on Sunday. Aljazeera reported this information. Rinwa told reporters that 33 polling workers, including security guards and sanitation workers, died due to heat […]

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