TikTok’s US operations could either be sold through a competitive process or an arrangement by the government, the report said, suggesting that the future of the app is no longer solely in ByteDance’s control. Chinese officials are in preliminary talks about a potential option to sell TikTok’s operations in the United States to billionaire Elon […]
Read MoreThe implications of Trump’s comments for US policy on Taiwan have been widely discussed on China’s social media platforms in recent days and by foreign policy analysts. For years, the US government has urged China to show “restraint” in pushing its claim on Taiwan and to drop military threats to bring the democratically governed island […]
Read MorePakistan’s prime minister on Wednesday welcomed a first-of-its-kind agreement with the World Bank for a plan to focus $20 billion in lending to the cash-strapped nation over the coming decade on development issues like the impact of climate change as well as boosting private-sector growth. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a post on social […]
Read MoreIndia docked two satellites in space Thursday, a key milestone for the country’s dreams of a space station and manned Moon mission, the space agency said. The satellites, weighing 220-kilogrammes (485 pounds) each, blasted off in December on a single rocket from India’s Sriharikota launch site. Later they separated. On Thursday, the two satellites were […]
Read MoreTaiwan, which China views as its own territory, said a ship owned by a Hong Kong company but registered both in Cameroon and Tanzania, damaged a cable to the north of the island earlier this month, although it says it has not been able to verify the ship’s intentions and was unable to board it […]
Read MoreThe Earthquake Research Committee said it has increased its estimate of the probability to between 75 and 82 percent from between 74 and 81 percent previously. A Japanese government panel said Thursday it has slightly raised its estimated probability of a “megaquake” to up to 82 percent in the next 30 years. Such a jolt […]
Read MoreSouth Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol faced renewed questioning Thursday, a day after his dramatic arrest over a failed martial law declaration, but his lawyers said he would not take part. The Constitutional Court was also to hold its second hearing in a trial that will decide whether to uphold Yoon’s impeachment, after the […]
Read MoreThe deal – signed by Google and Indian supplier Varaha – is one of the biggest ever involving biochar, and is the tech giant’s first foray into India’s carbon dioxide removal (CDR) sector. Google will buy carbon credits from an Indian initiative that turns large amounts of agricultural waste into biochar – a form of […]
Read MoreBangladesh’s economic growth is set to slow to 4.1% this fiscal year (FY25), the weakest pace since the pandemic, as political turmoil in mid-2024 weighed on activity and deteriorated investor confidence, the World Bank said on Thursday (16 January). In its latest edition of Global Economic Prospects report, the global lender warned amid heightened political […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock reports that over one billion dollars have been invested in Afghanistan’s poultry sector by private enterprises. Misbahuddin Mustaeen, the spokesperson for the ministry, stated that currently there are more than 15,000 poultry farms across Afghanistan. “So far, approximately 15,000 poultry farms are operational nationwide, with a combined value […]
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