No one can stop China’s “reunification” with Taiwan, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his New Year’s speech on Tuesday, laying down a clear warning to what Beijing regards as pro-independence forces within and outside of the island of 23 million people. In the past year, Beijing has stepped up military pressure near Taiwan, sending […]
Read MoreJapanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s cabinet on Friday approved a record $730 billion budget for the next fiscal year, while limiting new bond issuance to the lowest in 17 years on the back of record tax revenue. However, Ishiba’s minority government faces a tough political battle with opposition parties to pass the budget through parliament […]
Read MoreThe Indian rupee weakened slightly on Tuesday, tracking modest declines in other Asian peers, while volumes were relatively muted on the last trading day of 2024. The rupee was at 85.59 against the U.S. dollar as of 09:45 a.m. IST, down from its close at 85.5350 in the previous session. The dollar index was little […]
Read MoreIndia launched its first space docking mission on Monday, on an Indian-made rocket, in an attempt to become the fourth country to achieve the advanced technological feat. The mission, called Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX), lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh state at 1630 GMT aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation’s […]
Read MoreThailand’s central bank and anti-money laundering agency said on Monday that they have not found any evidence to support a report from a U.N. expert that some of the country’s banks were used to help Myanmar’s junta acquire weapons. The report from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in […]
Read MoreSouth Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, several cabinet ministers, military commanders and police officials face indictments and criminal investigations over the president’s short-lived martial law declaration on Dec. 3. Yoon, who has been impeached, also faces a trial in the Constitutional Court that will decide whether to confirm his ouster from office or restore his […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday said a planned increase in value-added tax (VAT) rate by one percentage point to 12% effective Wednesday, Jan. 1, will apply only to luxury goods and services. Prabowo said the decision should end speculation over which items and services would be affected by the VAT increase. The decision also […]
Read MoreDhaka, Bangladesh — December 27, 2024 – Khaleda Ahsan, the first female chief engineer of Bangladesh and a prominent figure in the country’s Public Health Engineering Department, passed away on Friday, December 27, 2024, at 12:30 AM. She succumbed to a prolonged illness related to cancer. Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun. Khaleda Ahsan’s passing […]
Read MoreThe top results of searches on Chinmoy Krishna Das come almost exclusively from Indian outlets, most of which lack local correspondents and rely instead on secondary or social media sources, says a Tech Global Institute report. Google Search prioritises ultranationalist outlets more prominently, thereby fueling a global disinformation campaign amid heightened diplomatic tensions. According to […]
Read MoreJailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will not make any request for his release in ongoing talks with the government, party leaders said on Saturday. PTI says Imran is ready to make any sacrifice to serve his sentence for the people. Many say that the PTI founder is trying to find a way to […]
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