At least six people have died in southwest China after record rainfall. Xinhua news agency reported this information in a report on Thursday (July 11). The report cited local officials as saying that heavy rain fell in Dianjiang County, near the megacity of Chongqing, from Wednesday night to Thursday morning local time. One person died […]
Read MoreTaiwan’s defence ministry said on Thursday it was closely watching Chinese military movements after a surge in warplanes joined drills with China’s Shandong aircraft carrier in the Pacific. The Chinese military exercises coincide with a NATO summit in Washington where a draft communique says China has become a decisive enabler of Russia’s war effort in […]
Read MoreBEIJING, July 11 (Reuters) – China’s leaders will seek to inject confidence in the economy at a highly anticipated meeting next week, but conflicting goals, such as boosting growth while cutting debt, may mean little progress toward implementing change. The Communist Party leadership meeting will outline efforts to promote advanced manufacturing, revise the tax system […]
Read MoreA Japanese navy destroyer made a rare entry into China’s territorial waters near Taiwan earlier this month without notifying China and sparking “serious concerns” from Beijing, Japanese media outlets reported late on Wednesday. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s destroyer Suzutsuki sailed into China’s waters off Zhejiang province on July 4, where China had announced it would […]
Read MoreChina has warned NATO against “provoking confrontation” over its ties with Russia after the Western military alliance accused Beijing of being a “decisive enabler” of Moscow’s war against Ukraine. The warning on Thursday came as NATO leaders meeting in Washington, DC, promised to bolster Ukraine and Europe’s defences against Russia and made clear that China […]
Read MoreSouth Korea will deploy laser weapons to shoot down North Korean drones this year, becoming the world’s first country to deploy and operate such weapons in the military, the country’s arms procurement agency said on Thursday. South Korea has called its laser programme the “StarWars project”. The drone-zapping laser weapons the South Korean military has […]
Read MoreBangladesh and China have agreed to enhance cooperation in financial regulation and encourage increased use of local currency settlement in bilateral trade, according to a joint statement issued after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s three-day official visit to Beijing. Hasina returned home in the early hours of today (11 July) after talks with Chinese President Xi […]
Read MoreIn written remarks ahead of his attendance at a NATO summit in Washington DC this week, Kishida also signalled concern over Beijing’s alleged role in aiding Moscow’s two-year-old war in Ukraine, although he did not name China. Russia’s deepening military cooperation with North Korea has underlined the need for Japan to forge closer ties with […]
Read MoreNorth Korea has strongly condemned South Korea’s recent military drills using live ammunition. The country referred to the exercise as a ‘provocation’ and warned of ‘harsh consequences’. South Korea said last week that the country had started a drill using live ammunition on the border with North Korea. South Korea held the exercise by suspending […]
Read MoreYuriko Koike has been elected as the governor of Japan’s capital Tokyo for the third time in a row. He got 29 lakh votes. This 71-year-old woman politician won the third consecutive term in the city elections on Sunday (July 7). According to exit polls, Koike won with more than 40 percent of the […]
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