WAZIRABAD: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan accused his successor on Friday (Nov 4) of participation in a plot to kill him when he recovered in medical center from gunshot injuries following an assassination try . Khan told reporters that Shehbaz Sharif, who replaced him as premier following a voteContinue Reading
Concurrent military activities are signals that North Korea is displeased with the US and South Korea’s large scale military exercises, and is trying to coerce Washington and Seoul into stopping them, an expert said.Continue Reading
Concurrent military activities are signals that North Korea is displeased with the US and South Korea’s large scale military exercises, and is trying to coerce Washington and Seoul into stopping them, an expert said.Continue Reading
“We’ll build this country as a team, a full team, a team that loves and helps each other,” said Mr Anwar on Friday. “I want to make sure that when we form a government on Nov 20, this government will be different from others.” When asked if he can ensureContinue Reading
TOKYO: A Japanese consortium has decided to retain its stake in the new Russian operator of the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project and is set to notify Moscow, moving to secure stable energy supplies for resource-scarce Japan. “It’s an extremely important project,” Economy and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said onContinue Reading
Vietnam’s central bank held emergency meetings this week with commercial banks to discuss liquidity in the system, two informed sources told Reuters on Friday (Nov 4), as lenders face pressure from tightening credit conditions and higher interest rates. One of the sources with knowledge of the issue, who asked toContinue Reading
BERLIN: Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday (Nov 4) condemned threats to use atomic weapons in Ukraine, with Scholz warning that Russia risked “crossing a line” in the international community by resorting to nuclear force. In the first visit by a G7 leader to China sinceContinue Reading
BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz campaigned for a level playing field for European and Chinese companies during his trip to China, he told journalists in Beijing on Friday (Nov 4). He had emphasised in his talks that it was necessary for German and European companies to be able to makeContinue Reading
His remarks came amid signs of dissent within the coalition after several stalwarts were dropped from the line-up.
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BEIJING: China on Friday (Nov 4) reported the highest daily count of new local COVID-19 cases in six months as outbreaks widened, pushing policymakers to walk an even finer line between holding the virus at bay while keeping a lid on social and economic angst. New locally transmitted cases roseContinue Reading