By Shin Kawashima Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Washington and North Carolina in the US in April 2024, and held numerous meetings and exchanges, including a summit with US President Joe Biden and an address to the US Congress. The two leaders also issued a joint statement entitled “Global Partners for the Future”. This […]
Read MoreSEOUL, April 24 (Reuters) – Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said the country will continue to build overwhelming and the strongest military power to protect its sovereignty and regional peace, the North’s KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday. Kim said a series of military exercises by the […]
Read MoreBangkok: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka on Wednesday for Bangkok on a six-day official visit to Thailand at the invitation of her Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin to strengthen the bilateral ties between the two countries. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier and her entourage, departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at […]
Read MoreNews Central Asia (nCa) says the population of Central Asia is currently in excess of 80.8 million. There has been an average growth of one million during the past ten years. The experts reportedly estimate that by 2050, the population of Central Asia would exceed 100 million. The region is predominantly young and the literacy […]
Read MoreBy Lyse Doucet, Chief international correspondent, BBC News The latest round in the region’s most dangerous rivalry appears to be over, for now. Israel still has not officially acknowledged that the attack in Iran in the early hours of Friday morning was its doing. Meanwhile, Iran’s military and political leaders have downplayed, dismissed and even […]
Read MoreThe six-month exodus of foreign capital from China’s US$9 trillion stock market appears to have petered out, as some foreign investors voted with their feet in response to securities regulator head Wu Qing’s push to instil market discipline. It remains to be seen whether this conviction is deeply entrenched among domestic and foreign investors. Since […]
Read MoreHong Kong’s accounting watchdog said it will investigate accounting firm PwC for alleged auditing fraud related to bankrupt Chinese developer China Evergrande Group, adding that it would not hesitate to take enforcement action. The Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC) said in a statement on Friday that it had taken note of the whistleblower’s allegations […]
Read MoreLaw and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam on Friday criticised a commentary by British publication The Economist, which he said could not “resist sneering” at Singapore’s political leadership handover. The weekly newspaper’s commentary, published on Thursday, noted that Singapore has had “only” three leaders in its 59 years, and that the next prime minister Lawrence […]
Read MoreArmenia has agreed to return several villages to Azerbaijan in what both countries say is an important milestone as they edge towards a peace deal after fighting two wars since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Aykhan Hajizada posted on the social media platform X on Friday that Armenia […]
Read MoreNorth Korea has conducted a test on a “super-large warhead” designed for a strategic cruise missile, state media reports, adding that it also launched a new type of anti-aircraft missile. “The DPRK Missile Administration has conducted a power test of a super-large warhead designed for ‘Hwasal-1 Ra-3’ strategic cruise missile”, KCNA news agency reported on […]
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