New Delhi: Two of five Indian states due to elect new legislatures this month began voting on Tuesday, a big test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chances of winning a third term in a national election due by May. Modi and leaders of the main opposition Congress party headed by Rahul Gandhi have criss-crossed the five […]
Read MoreChina’s real GDP is projected to grow by 5.4 percent in 2023, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) statement said on Tuesday. “The Chinese economy is on track to meet the government’s 2023 growth target, reflecting a strong post-Covid recovery,” said the statement made by the IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director, Gita Gopinath, following a visit […]
Read MoreBy Hannah Beech, Ryn Jirenuwat and Muktita Suhartono The foreign minister of Thailand said Tuesday that officials he had met in Qatar and Egypt indicated the Thai hostages held by Hamas and other armed groups would be the next to be released because they had nothing to do with the war. Thai officials working to […]
Read MoreISTANBUL : Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday revealed that the US had objected to the Southeast Asian nation’s stance over Palestine. Anwar told the parliament that the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur sent two demarches, or diplomatic notices, to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry. He added that Malaysia’s ambassador in Washington was also summoned […]
Read MoreHazy weather hung over Beijing on Wednesday with conditions in other parts of north China possibly worsening, forecasters said, although cold air sweeping in from the northwest is expected to help dissipate the smog. Experts attributed the haze in Beijing, which has lasted for several days, to poor atmospheric diffusion because of unseasonably weak cold […]
Read MoreBANGKOK : Thailand will waive visa requirements for arrivals from India and Taiwan from next month to May 2024, a government official said on Tuesday, in a bid to draw in more tourists as high season approaches. Thailand in September scrapped visa requirements for Chinese tourists, the country’s top pre-pandemic tourism market with 11 million […]
Read MoreASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN —French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Kazakhstan on Wednesday on the first leg of a trip to Central Asia, a region long regarded as Russia’s backyard which has drawn fresh Western attention since the war in Ukraine began. Oil-rich Kazakhstan has already emerged as a replacement supplier of crude to European nations turning […]
Read MorePakistani officials reported that more than 100,000 Afghan nationals had returned to their Taliban-ruled homeland in the past two weeks, as a deadline for undocumented immigrants to leave Pakistan was set to expire by the end of Wednesday. A senior official in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a northwestern province bordering Afghanistan, gave the number for people who […]
Read MoreDhaka: Bangladesh received $1.98 billion in inward remittances in October, the highest in four months due to increase in dollar rate and increase in incentives. According to the central bank data, expatriates sent $643 million more remittances in October compared to September, at a growth rate of 48.20%. Remittances stood at $1.33 billion in September, […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will lead a high-level delegation to Singapore for the 10th Singapore-Malaysia Leaders’ Retreat on Monday (Oct 30). The annual retreat, the first to be held since the pandemic, is a key platform for the leaders of both countries to discuss bilateral issues and explore new areas of cooperation, Singapore’s […]
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