North Korea’s rare swipe at China this week underscored how Beijing and Pyongyang do not entirely see eye-to-eye on the latter’s illicit nuclear weapons arsenal, despite warming ties in other areas, analysts and officials in South Korea said. The North condemned China, Japan and South Korea on Monday for discussing denuclearisation of the peninsula, calling […]
Read MoreSouth Korea and the United Arab Emirates signed a trade pact on Wednesday to sharply cut import duties at a summit of their leaders that pledged closer business and investment ties. Host South Korea welcomed the UAE’s President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan with a traditional honour guard and a flypast of air force […]
Read MoreThailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who returned home last year after 15 years in exile, will go on trial next month on charges of insulting the monarchy. Prayuth Pecharakun, a spokesman for Thailand’s attorney general, said 74-year-old Thaksin would be summoned to appear in court on June 18 to answer charges under Thailand’s lese-majeste […]
Read MoreRussia and Uzbekistan signed an accord Monday for Moscow to build a small nuclear power plant in the Central Asian country, as Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in the Uzbek capital with Uzbekistan leader Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Mirziyoyev hailed the project as “vital” in remarks after the talks, noting that Uzbekistan has “its own large […]
Read MoreASTANA — The Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2024) held in Almaty from May 27 to 29 addressed issues of sustainable water and land management, energy, food security and environmental sustainability amid climate change, reported the World Bank’s press service. Dubbed Bridging Climate Goals with Action: Making Ambitions a Reality this year, the conference brought […]
Read MoreMalaysia has imposed a ban on the import, sale and use of Indian companies MDH and Everest’s Phis curry spices after high levels of ethylene oxide were detected. Earlier, Hong Kong, Singapore and Nepal also banned the spices of these two Indian companies. A statement from Malaysia’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday (May 28) […]
Read MoreFormer Finance Minister of Kazakhstan Kuandik Bishimbayev (44) has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for the brutal murder of his wife Sultanat Nukenova. The Supreme Court of Kazakhstan sentenced him on May 13. Earlier, on November 8 of last year, Kuandik went to a hotel in the former capital Almaty with his wife. […]
Read MoreThe ‘tech bros’ or technology owners especially social media giants like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are the biggest tyranny. Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa made this comment. Maria Ressa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for her work on media freedom. The American-Filipino journalist has spent years fighting the charges against former […]
Read MoreIn a move with significant geopolitical and economic implications, Moscow is poised to remove the Taliban from its list of designated terrorist organizations, opening the door to formal economic engagements with Afghanistan’s ruling faction. This strategic decision is expected to culminate in the Taliban’s participation in Russia’s premier economic event, the St. Petersburg International Economic […]
Read MoreThe peacekeepers of Bangladesh have kept the red-green flag aloft in the heart of the world for 35 years by serving the UN peacekeeping mission with devotion and honesty. They are committed to establishing peace and security in conflict countries. As international peacekeepers in blue helmets they are fighting against the enemy with the last […]
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