SHANGHAI: Though China is aiming to roll out record amounts of renewable capability this year as decarbonisation elsewhere stalls, economic challenges mean Beijing is unlikely to tackle rising fossil fuel consumption ahead of plan – and may hit a more painful maximum. Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged last year toContinue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan wants to assure its partners possess reliable supplies associated with semiconductors, or “democracy chips”, President Tsai Ing-wen told the particular governor of the US state of Indiana on Monday (Aug 22), saying China’s threats mean many other democracies have to cooperate. Governor Eric Holcomb is usually making theContinue Reading
MANILA: Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr asked Congress on Monday (Aug 22) for a record 5. 29 trillion pesos (US$94. 40 billion) government budget in 2023 to back up an ambitious plan agenda aimed at increasing growth and lifting millions out of poverty. Marcos’ proposed budget, which is equal toContinue Reading
SEOUL: South Korea and the United States began their annual shared military drills upon Monday (Aug 22) with a resumption associated with field training, authorities said, as the allies seek to tighten readiness posture over North Korea’s potential weapons tests. The summertime exercises, renamed Ulchi Independence Shield this year andContinue Reading
TOKYO: Support for Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government offers tumbled, battered by questions about the judgment party’s ties towards the Unification Church and its particular response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a public opinion election. Links to the church, started in South Korea in the 1950s and knownContinue Reading
The particular city-state is developing and strengthening the diplomatic interests and relations though the soft power of its local cuisine and meals heritage
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KATHMANDU: A 47-year-old Nepali sherpa has set the climbing record by scaling all the world’s 14 peaks which are higher than 8, 000 metres (26, 247 ft) for a 2nd time, his company said on Thursday. Sanu Sherpa, from Sankhuwasabha district in eastern Nepal, reached the top of Pakistan’s GasherbrumContinue Reading
Most of Indonesia’s financial recovery programme are likely to benefit the fossil fuels market, instead of the new and renewable energy industry, take note these writers.Continue Reading
KABUL: Heavy rains triggered flash floods in the eastern Afghan province of Logar, killing at least 20 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes, officials said Sunday (Aug 21). The rains lashed several areas of the province on Saturday, injuring more than 30 people in addition to those killed, theContinue Reading
He termed his visit to Taiwan and South Korea as an “economic development trip”, saying he was the first US governor to come to Taiwan since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than two years ago. “Our delegation will spend this week meeting with government officials, business leaders and academic institutionsContinue Reading