New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed strong concerns about protests in Canada against India to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi, according a statement by India. New Delhi has been long sensitive to Sikh protesters in Canada. In June, India criticized Canada for allowing a […]
Read MoreJakarta : Indonesia is introducing a golden visa scheme to attract foreign individual and corporate investors in an attempt to boost its national economy, a statement from the ministry of law and human rights distributed on Sunday said. “The golden visa is granting a residence permit for an extended period of five to 10 years,” director […]
Read MoreAstana: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Friday (September 1) that his government would hold a referendum to decide whether to construct the country’s first nuclear power plant. Addressing the parliament, President Tokayev said the development of nuclear energy had become a particularly important economic and political issue. Kazakhstan has long discussed the idea (of having […]
Read MoreBy Wu Su-wei and Jonathan Chin Taiwan intends to invest a record-high NT$130.6 billion (US$4.1 billion) in military research and development, including a procurement of 1,779 drones, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said in a report on the nation’s military force and policy plan for fiscal 2024. The figure includes NT$111.4 billion in continued […]
Read MoreAn outlawed Islamist political party with the main objective of protecting Pakistan’s draconian blasphemy laws and punishing blasphemers has been linked to violence against Christians last week in which several churches were burnt. Members of the public and government sources accused the group, Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP), of whipping up a Muslim mob that attacked a […]
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